The BIG-IP^® connector is the interface between F5^® iWorkflow™ and your private cloud infrastructure. Using this interface, iWorkflow manages the BIG-IP^® devices in your private cloud, and deploys and manages applications to the BIG-IP devices in that cloud. The local connector performs the same function as connectors for cloud-specific infrastructures, but it does not include the specific parameters that those vendor clouds require.

1. Log in to iWorkflow with your administrator user name and password.
2. Select either the Clouds and Services or BIG-IP Connectivity component.
3. On the Devices header, click the + icon, and then select Discover Device.
   The Devices panel expands to show the Discover Device screen.
4. For the IP Address, specify the device's internal self-IP address.
5. In the User Name and Password fields, type the administrator user name and password for the managed device.
   Important: To add a device successfully, you must use the admin account; not the root account. If root access is needed, the system prompts you for it.

   Important: A vCMP^® host cannot be discovered using the Device panel. To manage a vCMP host, you must create a vCMP Cloud connector.
6. Click Save to start the task.
7. If you are prompted to update the device framework, type the password for the root user in the Root Password field.
   During the discovery process iWorkflow checks the version number of the software stack on the BIG-IP device—that is, the version number of the files necessary to support iWorkflow (such as iControl REST), not the BIG-IP device software version. iWorkflow automatically updates the software stack version when needed. For iWorkflow to discover and add BIG-IP devices, you need to enter an administrator user name and password for those BIG-IP devices. In rare cases the root password is also required to upgrade the REST management framework using SSH.

1. Log in to iWorkflow with your administrator user name and password.
2. Select the Clouds and Services component.
3. On the Clouds header click the + icon.
   The New Cloud screen opens.
4. In the Name and Description fields, type a name and description.
   You can use the name and description to help you organize network resources into logical groups based on certain criteria, such as the location or application.
5. From the Connector Type list, select BIG-IP.
6. From the Devices list, select the device you want to associate with this connector.
7. To select additional devices to associate with this connector, click the + icon at the right of the list.
   iWorkflow system discovers application servers associated with this connector, and populates them in the Servers panel. If the system discovers F5 devices, it populates the Devices panel with them.
8. If you use multiple networks within the cloud or if you use BIG-IP devices to support multi-tenancy, select enable support for multiple networks.
9. Click Save.