Users Guide

Setting Up F5 BIGIP VNF Package | Configuring Virtualization
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 813
This section covers the:
•
F5 BIGIP VNF Package Contents
• OMNM VNF Package - Install Component Files
• License Requirements
• Known Issues
• References
Once you have a good understanding of the VNF package, you can get started preparing an image .
F5 BIGIP VNF Package Contents
The F5 BIGIP VNF package contains artifacts necessary to install and deploy Virtualized Network
Functions (VNFs) for the following Virtualization Deployment Unit (VDU) types the F5 BIG-IP
VE product family offers:
• Type 1: BIGIP VE - LTM (Load Balancer)
• Type 2: BIGIP VE - AFM (Firewall)
Multiple sample VNF descriptors were created with basic flavors to deploy the VNF VDUs, either
as part of a standalone VNF record, or as part of a higher level, end-to-end Network Service record:
•
NFV VNF Descriptors
• Network Service Descriptor
NFV VNF Descriptors
This section describes the following OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV) VNF (virtualized network functions) descriptors:
•
F5 BIGIP LTM Virtual Appliance
• F5 BIGIP ALL AFM Virtual Appliance
• F5 BIGIP Cluster.
F5 BIGIP LTM Virtual Appliance
The sample F5 BIGIP LTM Virtual Appliance descriptor is located in the following file:
owareapps/nfv-vnfm-f5/db/vnfd.f5-bigip-ltm-v12.xml
This sample Virtualized Network Function (VNF) descriptor defines the packaging and behavior of
a single F5 BIGIP LTM (Load Balancer) Virtualization Deployment Unit (VDU) and can be
included as part of a network descriptor.
Here are the
F5 BIGIP LTM Virtual descriptor deploy parameters used:
Monitoring SNMP Monitoring
CPU & Memory KPIs
TFA (flows)
Config ACLI
NetRestore File Management NR Backup
NR Restore
NR Firmware (not validated)
Field Name Data Type Description Default Value Valid Values Required
LTM Admin
Password
String VNF’s Admin
User Password
admin Valid Linux
password format
N