BigIP
BigIp is now a generic name for F5 hard ware that can be used for LTM (Local Traffic Management)and GTM (Global Traffic Management), These were originaly know as BigIP and 3DNS respecly.
More Info will come on this later... in the mean time try [www.f5.com] or there development [devcentral.f5.com development wiki]
Some quick hints
just a collection of useful commands for F5 kit.
show status of all monitor's
b monitor all instance all show
show status of specific monitor's
b monitor <monitor name> instance <node ip : port> show
Private UCS
To create a BigIP_UCS 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>