Manual Chapter :
Getting Started with BIG-IQ Virtual Edition
Applies To:
Show Versions
BIG-IQ Cloud
- 4.4.0, 4.3.0
BIG-IQ Device
- 4.4.0, 4.3.0
BIG-IQ Security
- 4.4.0, 4.3.0
What is BIG-IQ Virtual Edition?
BIG-IQ™ Virtual Edition (VE) is a version of the BIG-IQ system that runs as a virtual machine in specifically-supported hypervisors. BIG-IQ VE emulates a hardware-based BIG-IQ system running a VE-compatible version of BIG-IQ™ software.
Note: The BIG-IQ VE product license determines the maximum allowed throughput rate. To
view this rate limit, you can display the BIG-IQ VE licensing page within the BIG-IQ
Configuration utility. Lab editions have no guarantee of throughput rate and are not supported
for production environments.
About BIG-IQ VE compatibility with Community Xen hypervisor products
Each time there is a new release of BIG-IP® Virtual Edition (VE) software, it includes support for additional hypervisor management products. The Virtual Edition and Supported Hypervisors Matrix on the AskF5™ website, http://support.f5.com, details which hypervisors are supported for each release.
Important: Hypervisors other than those identified in the matrix are not
supported with this BIG-IQ version; any installation attempts on unsupported platforms
might not be successful.
About the hypervisor guest definition requirements
The Community Xen virtual machine guest environment for the BIG-IQ™ Virtual Edition (VE), at minimum, must include:
- 2 x virtual CPUs
- 4 GB RAM
- 2 x virtual network adapters (minimum); more if configured
with the high availability optionImportant: The number of virtual network adapters per virtual machine definition is determined by the hypervisor.
Important: Not supplying at least the minimum virtual configuration limits will
produce unexpected results.
Important: There is no longer any limitation on the maximum amount of RAM supported
on the hypervisor guest.
