Users Guide

Setting Up F5 BIGIP VNF Package | Configuring Virtualization
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 819
•F5 Vendor website:
http://www.f5.com
http://ask.f5.com
http://devcentral.f5.com
•Product Description:
https://www.f5.com/pdf/products/BIGIP-virtual-editions-datasheet.pdf
• OpenStack KVM Environment Requirements:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/BIGIP_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-
ve-setup-linux-kvm-12-0-0.html
VNF Configuration Methods
A combination of image (snapshot) preparation, along with Virtualization Deployment Unit
(VDU) Post Instantiate Configuration Lifecycle Events (LCEs), is implemented in this VNF
package to ensure that the F5 BIGIP LTM and AFM VNF VDUs are automatically brought under
OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) management.
Customized Image Preparation. The base BIGIP model family images provided by F5
requires additional manual configuration before producing VMs in the OpenStack environment
that can be discovered and managed using the OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) Resource
Management applications.
See
Preparing an Image on page 819 for a description of how to create an updated image
(snapshot) for the F5 BIGIP LTM and AFM model series to use to boot up VMs that the
OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) application manages. Use the snapshot produced to
create F5 BIGIP VEs in the OpenStack environment, so that no manual intervention is required to
apply the management system communication settings.
OMNM Resource Configuration Tasks. Once the target VM in the OpenStack environment
is fully booted and can respond to SNMP and CLI requests from the management system, post
discovery tasks are run.
For more details about the F5-BIGIP-VE-Discover_v12x profile and the tasks that run, see
Discovery Profiles on page 816.
Preparing an Image
Before you can discover and manage a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) resource from the
OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) application, you need to:
1 Set up your OpenStack environment by preparing BIGIP VE VIM images with the necessary
configuration.
2 Create a software image record from the OMNM application.
A snapshot is taken to capture the following settings, so that the OpenManage Network Manager
(OMNM) system automatically discovers the resources using SNMP and SSH (tmsh CLI) access
when a new BIGIP VE VM is created/booted in the OpenStack environment.
To enable OMNM Resource Management for the BIGIP VE VNF VDUs (VMs), use these
management settings:
• SNMP Access Enabled
• Pagination Turned Off
• Mgmt (eth0) Port MTU - Set to recommended value of 1400 instead of 1500 (default)