Basic F5 LTM HTTP Load Balance Configuration (Without Firewall)

Some Other related posts in this blog:

• F5 Big IP 2000s Appliance Initial Configuration
• F5 BigIP LTM v11.5.3 Virtual Appliance Configuration - Part 1
• F5 BigIP LTM v11.5.3 Virtual Appliance Configuration - Part 2
• F5 BigIP LTM Basic Configuration Steps
• F5 Big-IP 2500 Appliance System Initial Configuration
• Download and Install F5 BIG-IP v11.x / Virtual Edition 11.3.x into Vmware Workstation

1. Topology

2. System - Platform configuration
configure mgmt interface ip, and the password fro root account and admin account .

3. Create External and Internal Vlan based on topology

4. Create Self IP address for both vlans

5. Create nodes with default health monitor - icmp

node1 - 10.10.10.1
node2 - 10.10.10.2

6. Create Pool
name it as Pool1 with two pool members on port http , 10.10.10.1 and 10.10.10.2.

7. Create a new virtual server 
address is 192.168.20.100 and port on tcp 80. Others configuration is by default.

8. Test
Access http://192.168.20.100 to verify configuration and also check statistic for the traffic.