BigIP[edit]
BigIp is now a generic name for F5 hardware that can be used for LTM (Local Traffic Management)and GTM (Global Traffic Management), These were originally know as BigIP and 3DNS respectively.
More Info will come on this later... in the mean time try f5.com or there development development wiki
Some quick hints[edit]
just a collection of useful commands for F5 kit.
Quick and dirty cheet sheet for big ip's
Connect to a big IP[edit]
Serial Access[edit]
/etc/boot.default should have the following line set: -console com, for vga it would be -console -auto The serial port is a 9 pin connection - newer bigips run at 19,200 older at 9600
Show the active / failover state[edit]
# b fo
The failover state is STANDBY.1
Read the log[edit]
# tail /var/log/ltm
Configs[edit]
Show running config[edit]
# b list | less
Save the running config[edit]
# b list > bigip.config.<TICKET REFF>.<NAME>
Sync the configs[edit]
v4-)
# b config sync
v9-)
# b config sync all
Nodes[edit]
List nodes[edit]
# b list | grep -i node
Disable nodes[edit]
v9
# b node <node ip> session disable
v4
# b node <node ip> disable
you can check if a node is disabled by doing a 'b node <IP> show', or it will be noted at the bottom of the config
Enable nodes[edit]
v9
# b node <node ip> session enable
v4
# b node <node ip> enable
Check the state of a node[edit]
# b node <node ip> show
Check the status of all nodes[edit]
#b node show
Pools[edit]
Check the status of all pools[edit]
#b pool show
Check the status of a pool[edit]
#b pool <pool name> show
Check the status of a pool member[edit]
# b pool show | grep <node ip>:<port>
Monitors[edit]
show status of all monitor's[edit]
V9
b monitor all instance all show
v4
b node monitor show
show status of specific monitor's[edit]
v9
b monitor <monitor name> instance <node ip : port> show
v4
b node <IP>:<PORT> monitor show
Interfaces[edit]
Check interfaces[edit]
# b interface show
interface speed pkts pkts pkts pkts bits bits errors trunk
Mb/s in out drop coll in out
mgmt UP 100 FD 46.74M 4.432M 0 0 17.17G 7.345G 234
1.1 UP 100 FD 1.483G 1.621G 37 0 1.078T 5.531T 0
1.2 UP 100 FD 557.9M 374.7M 15 0 4.973T 435.5G 0
1.3 DN 1000 FD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.4 DN 1000 FD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
System Health[edit]
CPU / Memory / Traffic stats[edit]
Use tmstats to show general system utilisation
# //usr/bin/tmstat
Archive[edit]
Private UCS[edit]
To create a UCS archive that does not contain SSL private keys, use the following command syntax: Useful if your sending in a UCS to support and dont want to send in you SSL key/cert.
b config support save <filename>