BIG-IQ Setup Wizard (VMware)

Description:

In this lab, we will complete the setup wizard for BIG-IQ CM and DCD in Vmware ESXi. You will then discover the DCD and activate service you want to monitor. Refer to below AskF5 link for official documentation.

AskF5 Reference

Step 1: Setup Wizard

Follow below steps to setup both BIG-IQ CM and DCD devices. The only difference will be step (2) below.

  1. When you first log into the BIG-IQ, you must complete the setup wizard. The first step is licensing. Enter in the Base Registration Key for your BIG-IQ CM, click agree to accept EULA and activate. Click Next to proceed to the next step

    Note

    If you cannot configure Internet access, use Manual activation

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  2. Select BIG-IQ Central Management for CM. Select BIG-IQ Data Collection Device when configuring your logging node, click Next

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  3. Specify the first BIG-IQ Hostname, Management Port IP Address, Management Port Route. Select Self-IP for discovery address (recommended) and enter an IP address from the internal subnet configured for your second network adapter in ESXi, click Next

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  4. Configure your DNS, Time Server, and set your Time Zone, click Next

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  5. Set Master key: <Strong password>, click Next

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    Important

    If this BIG-IQ is part of an HA or DCD configuration, make sure you keep track of the pass phrase, because it cannot be recovered if you lose it.

  6. Enter in the default (admin/admin, root/default) and new passwords for admin and root, click Next

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  7. Confirm configuration and Launch

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  8. Once your DCD setup is complete. Make sure you discover it on your CM device. Click System > BIG-IQ DATA COLLECTION > BIG-IQ Data Collection Devices > click Add

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    • Use the DCD self-ip for the Discovery/Listener Address
    • Use the admin username and password
    • Use the DCD self-ip as the Data Collection IP Address

    For more info about discovering a DCD device, see the AskF5 Reference

  9. After you discover the DCD device, activate the services you want to monitor. Click Add Services

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  10. Confirm that the Listener Address specifies the correct self-IP address on the data collection device, then click Activate for every service you want to add

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This completes the BIG-IQ CM and DCD setup.