Users Guide

Setting Up F5 BIGIP VNF Package | Configuring Virtualization
820 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Setting Up Your OpenStack Environment
To set up your OpenStack environment, you need to:
1 Create a project.
2 Deploy the vendor’s base image by uploading the original qcow2 image file received from the
F5 vendor to a target
Bare Metal OpenStack controller.
3 Make configuration changes to the running VM booted from the F5 vendor’s original image.
4 Create flavors representing the smallest supported flavor to use. The F5 vendor provides the
following flavors (Figure 17-4).
5 Create VM snapshots that are used to create and export a VIM software image descriptor
within the OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) application.
Figure 17-4. F5 BIGIP Flavors Example
Creating a Project
Create a project in an OpenStack VIM (Virtualized Infrastructure Manager) as follows.
1 Select Identity > Project.
2 Click Create Project.
The Create Project window is displayed.
3 Enter a name and detailed descriptions.
F5 LTM v12.1.1 For LTM Models Flavor Name: f5.medium CPU – 2, Memory – 4 GB (4096
MB), Disk - 50 GB
F5 BIGIP ALL v12.1.1 For AFM
(Firewall) Models
Flavor Name: f5.xxlarge CPU – 4, Memory – 8 GB (8192
MB), Disk – 160 GB