2.5.3. Lab – BIG-IQ¶

2.5.3.1. Task – Peruse BIG-IQ¶

In this lab you will talk a short walk through the BIG-IQ interface and perform a few tasks.

1. Logon to the BIG-IQ at https://10.1.1.235 Username: admin Password: admin

   Attention

   Q1. What BIG-IPs are being managed?

2. Select the Backups pane, select “+” and the Add Backup

3. Back up bigip01.f5demo.com.

4. Go to BIG-IQ >> ADC and review the information in the panels.

   Attention

   Q2. Where are configurations currently being display from?

   Q3. What is the difference between displaying from BIG-IQ and displaying from BIG-IP?

5. Select bigip02 and the hover the mouse over the Nodes title.

6. Now select the BIG-IQ radio button from above, select bigip02, and then hover over the Nodes title.

   Attention

   Q4. What now appears in the Nodes title when you hover the mouse over it?

2.5.3.2. Task – Make a modification via the BIG-IQ¶

1. With, BIG-IQ and bigip02 selected hover over Nodes and hit the plus sign (+) and add a new node to bigip02 named new_node with an IP address of 10.1.20.252.

   Attention

   Q1. Was new_node added to bigip02?

2. Let’s have BIG-IQ deploy the change. Select Deployment next to ADC on the top bar.

3. Next to Deployments, select the plus sign (+) and Deploy Configuration Changes. Select the review Pending Changes link.

   Attention

   Q2. What is being added? What is in the New Version window.?

4. Name deployment deploy_new_node, select the bigip02 device and click on Deploy in the upper left.

   Attention

   Q3. Check bigip02, was new_node created?