Manual Chapter : Managing FEC Tunnel Profiles

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 6.0.1
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Managing FEC Tunnel Profiles

How do I manage FEC tunnel profiles in BIG-IQ?

You can create or modify custom FEC tunnel profiles in BIG-IQ® Centralized Management and then attach the resulting tunnel to a virtual server to deploy them to your managed devices.

When you create a profile, you specify a parent profile from which the custom profile inherits its properties. You then specify which of these properties you want to override. You can name any existing profile as a parent profile. When you modify a profile that has child profiles (that is, profiles that name your profile as a parent profile), all of the child profiles inherit any changes you made in the parent profile (except those you choose to override).

Create an FEC tunnel profile

You must discover a device and import that device's service configurations before you can add a profile to that device from BIG-IQ Centralized Management.

Creating a new profile allows you to specify the parameters that define the characteristics you want your virtual servers to use. Each virtual server that references this profile uses the parameters you specify for this profile. Additionally, the parameters you define for this profile are given to the profiles that name this profile as their parent profile.
  1. At the top of the screen, click Configuration, then, on the left, click NETWORK > Tunnel Profiles .
    The screen displays the list of FEC tunnel profiles defined on this device.
  2. Click Create.
    The New FEC tunnel profile screen opens.
  3. In the Name field, type in a name for the FEC tunnel profile you are creating.
  4. For Partition, type the name of the BIG-IP device partition on which you want to create the profile.
  5. From Parent Profile, select the parent profile from which you want your profile to inherit settings.
    Note: The parent profile you select determines the value of the profile parameters for this profile. You can override these values, but if you do not, changes made to parameters in the parent profile propagate to all child profiles.
    Values for the selected parent profile display. There are two controls for each field. The first one (a check box) controls whether you want to override the inherited value for that field. The second control (the type varies by field) sets the value you want for the parameter.
  6. For any fields you want to override, select the Override check box and then specify the value you want for the fields you selected.
    Note: You can select Override All if you want to override all of the parent profile parameter values.
    Important: If you override a parent profile parameter, regardless of whether or not you change the parameter's value, then future changes to the parent's parameter value will not be inherited by this profile.
    Note: For detailed information on the impact of using a particular profile parameter value, refer to the BIG-IP Local Traffic Management: Profiles Reference on support.F5.com.
  7. Click Save & Close.
    The system creates the new profile you specified and adds it to the list of profiles.
You can now use the profile you created. You can select it when you configure a virtual server. You can also use it as a parent profile to base new BIG-IP FEC tunnel profiles on.
To pin this profile to specific devices, click Configuration > LOCAL TRAFFIC > Pinning Policies .
Note: For detail about how pinning works, refer to Managing Object Pinning on support.f5.com.

Edit an FEC tunnel profile

By editing a profile, you can revise the parameters that define the characteristics you want your virtual servers to use. Each virtual server that references this profile uses the parameters you specify for this profile. Additionally, the parameters you define for this profile are given to the profiles that name this profile as their parent profile.
  1. At the top of the screen, click Configuration, then, on the left, click NETWORK > Tunnel Profiles .
    The screen displays the list of FEC tunnel profiles defined on this device.
  2. Click the name of the profile you want to edit.
    The screen displays the current settings for the selected profile.
  3. Under Referenced by, note the virtual servers and profiles that refer to this profile.
    Changes you make to this profile impact all of the virtual servers listed here.

    Any changes you make to this profile are also inherited by all profiles listed here that name this profile as their parent profile.

  4. Under the Override All check box, select the check box corresponding to any fields you want to override, and then specify the value you want for the fields you selected.
    Note: You can select Override All if you want to override all of the parent profile parameter values.
    Note: If you are editing a root profile, the override check boxes are disabled. Because a root profile does not have a parent profile, it does not inherit any settings, so there are no values to override.
    Note: For detailed information on the impact of using a particular profile parameter value, refer to the BIG-IP Local Traffic Management: Profiles Reference on support.F5.com.
  5. When your edits are complete, click Save & Close.
    The system updates the profile with the settings you specified and adds it to the list of profiles.
To pin this profile to specific devices, click Configuration > LOCAL TRAFFIC > Pinning Policies .
Note: For detail about how pinning works, refer to Managing Object Pinning on support.f5.com.