vRealize Network Insight supports the router and load balancer functionalities of F5 BIG-IP. The features like VM-VM path, high availability, VRFs, Routes, Router Interfaces, Switch Ports, Port Channels, Switch Port metrics, VRF Dashboard, Switch Dashboard and Router dashboard are supported. For search on the F5 BIG IP entities, use the query string F5 BIG-IP Data Source
. vRealize Network Insight does not support LLDP neighbors or the neighboring devices in the VM-VM path.
To add F5 BIG-IP as a data source:
Prerequisites
- The user must have:
- the
Guest
role or Read Only permissions with access to all partitions. - access to REST API.
- access to TMSH terminal access.
- the
- Enable SSH on the device.
Note:
- Use
root
or the Administrator role privilege for changing the SSHD configuration. - Do not use the
root
user privilege while adding F5 BIG-IP data source in vRealize Network Insight . - Root user does not have HTTP access. The
root
user privilege is used for the administrative purpose. - To model the F5 device on Network Map, the SSH account must have one of the following roles:
- Resource Administrator
- Auditor
- Administrator
- Use
-
Enable
password authentication
for SSH as follows:[root@bigip:Active] config # tmsh root@bigip(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# edit sys sshd ## Adding the following configuration ## modify sshd { include ” ChallengeResponseAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication yes” } ################################ Save changes? (y/n/e) y root@bigip(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# root@bigip(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# save sys config root@bigip(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# show running-config sys sshd sys sshd { include ” ChallengeResponseAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication yes” }