F5 Big IP
Local Traffic Manager
Useful F5 bigpipe commands:
Access the F5 bigpipe shell
bigpipe shell – or – bp shell
Save the system configuration (e.g. pre-upgrade)
bigpipe config save /config.ucs
Virtual Servers – Show status
virtual show
Virtual Servers – List current configuration
virtual list
Pool – Show status
pool show
Pool – List current configuration
pool list
Display Global TCP statistics
tcp show
Fix the Speed/Duplex of the Management Interface
interface mgmt media 100baseTX full
Useful F5 (Linux OS) command line utilities:
Display status of BigIP Services
bigstart status <servicename>
tcpdump – Capture Network Interface Traffic (‘external’ interface, save to ‘capture.cap’, up to 260 bytes)
tcpdump -i external host 192.168.1.10 or 192.168.2.10 -w capture.cap -s 260
