Setup guide

Table of Contents
Legal Notices.....................................................................................................5
Chapter 1: Getting Started with BIG-IP Virtual Edition...........................................................7
What is BIG-IP Virtual Edition?..........................................................................................8
BIG-IP Virtual Edition compatibility with VMware hypervisor products....................8
Hypervisor guest definition......................................................................................8
Chapter 2: Deploying BIG-IP Virtual Edition............................................................................9
Deployment of BIG-IP VE on VMware.............................................................................10
Host machine requirements and recommendations..............................................10
Deploying the BIG-IP VE virtual machine..............................................................10
Powering on the BIG-IP VE virtual machine..........................................................11
Assigning a management IP address to a BIG-IP VE virtual machine..................11
Chapter 3: Updating a BIG-IP VE Virtual Machine.................................................................13
Updating a BIG-IP VE virtual machine.............................................................................14
Downloading and importing a BIG-IP VE update..................................................14
Installing a BIG-IP VE update................................................................................14
Rebooting after a BIG-IP VE update.....................................................................15
Appendix A: Deployment Best Practices...............................................................................17
Best practices for deploying BIG-IP VE on VMware.........................................................18
Appendix B: Unsupported BIG-IP Features...........................................................................19
BIG-IP VE unsupported features......................................................................................20
Appendix C: Troubleshooting BIG-IP Virtual Edition.............................................................21
Troubleshooting BIG-IP Virtual Edition.............................................................................22
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