Users Guide

Setting Up F5 BIGIP VNF Package | Configuring Virtualization
812 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Setting Up F5 BIGIP VNF Package
This section explains the scope, functions, and processes associated with Virtualized Network
Functions (VNF) onboarding and instantiation:
•
Understanding the F5 BIGIP VNF Package
• Preparing an Image
• Manually Applying an F5 License
Understanding the F5 BIGIP VNF Package
The F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) is a virtual application delivery controller that is deployable in
an OpenStack environment. The BIG-IP VE provides rich features, such as advanced traffic
management, acceleration, DNS, firewall, and access management. The BIG-IP VE software
images are downloadable and portable between on-premises virtualized data centers, public, and
hybrid cloud environments. With BIG-IP virtual editions, you can rapidly provision consistent
application services across the data center and into the cloud.
The OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) F5 BIGIP Virtualized Network Function (VNF)
package provides sample VNF descriptors and associated artifacts used to deploy the LTM (Local
Traffic Manager, Load Balancer) and AFM (Advanced Firewall Manager) models.
F5 Networks provides qcow2 images (.qcow2) and licenses that are ready for the OpenStack
environment. You need these files to deploy and enable the F5 BIGIP VNF features
.
The following list provides the VNF package vendor and validation information:
Vendor and Model Information
Vendor F5 Networks, Inc.
Product Family BIGIP VE
Models Type 1: LTM (Load Balancer)
Type 2: AFM (Firewall)
Operating Systems BIGIP Traffic Management Shell (tmsh)
Version 12.1.1
Validated Environment
VIM OpenStack
Version Liberty
Installer Mirantis
Version 8
Network Configurations VXLAN, VLAN Segmentation
OMNM MANO (Management and Operation) Validated Functions
MANO NSD, VNFD, NSR, VNFR
Link LCEs
VNFM Generic (MANO Lite)
Independent/Specific (N-N/A)
NFVO MANO Lite
OMNM RMO (Resource Management and Operation) Validated Functions
Inventory Resource Discovery and Inventory
Resource Creation Method (NFV-Model)