BIG F5 Requirements

Platform Owner	Deanna Burns (Unlicensed)
Document status	WORK IN PROGRESS
SN Discovery SME	Allena Kendrick (Unlicensed)
Business Analyst	Vandana Bansal
PM	David Swanson (Unlicensed)
CI Owner	Darryl Wisneski (Unlicensed)
CMDB Manager	Christopher Abbott (Unlicensed)
ServiceNow CMDB Lead	Vimalpriya Kothandapani (Unlicensed)

Success metrics (TBD)

Requirements


	SNMP Credentials

cmdb_ci_lb_bigip class

Probes

Discovery Data Collections

NOTE: This cascades to multiple tables.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

The following data is collected on the F5 Big-IP [cmdb_ci_lb_bigip] table.

Table and field	Description
F5 Big-IP `[cmdb_ci_lb_bigip]`
Name [name]	Details about the load balancer. View a record in this table to see the upstream and downstream relationships with the load balancer.
Serial Number [serial_number]
Operational Status [operational_status]

Load Balancer Interface `[cmdb_ci_lb_interface]`
Name [name]	Details about each interface for the load balancer.
MAC Address [mac_address]
Operational Status [operational_status]

Load Balancer Pool `[cmdb_ci_lb_pool]`
Name [name]	The name of the pool and the method of load balancing it enables.
Load balancing method [load_balancing_method]

Load Balancer Pool Member `[cmdb_ci_lb_pool_member]`
Name [name]	The name, IP address, and service port that each pool member uses.
IP Address [ip_address]
Service Port [service_port]
Pool [pool]

Load Balancer VLAN `[cmdb_ci_lb_vlan]`
Name [name]	The name of the VLAN and the tag that is associated with this VLAN to identify it.
Tag [tag]
MAC Address [mac_address]

Load Balancer Services `[cmdb_ci_lb_service]`
Name [name]	Details about the load balancer service that distributes the workload to other servers, such as web servers.
IP Address [ip_address]
Port [port]
Operational Status [operational_status]
Hit count [hit_count]

DNS `[cmdb_ci_dns_name]`
Name [name]	The name and IP address of the Domain Name Server for the network adapters.
IP Address [ip_address]

Network Adapter `[cmdb_ci_network_adapter]`
Name [name]	Details about the network adapters on the load balancer.
IP Address [ip_address]
Netmask [netmask]
Mac address [mac_address]

Cluster `[cmdb_ci_cluster]`
Name [name]	Details about the load balancer cluster.
Cluster status [cluster_status]
Cluster ID [cluster_id]
IP address [ip_address)]

Cluster Node `[cmdb_ci_cluster_node]`
Name [name]	Details about each node in a cluster.
Cluster ID [cluster_id]
Cluster status [cluster_status]

`cmdb_ci_lb_bigip` Data Attributes

MandatorySort in ascending order	TypeSort in ascending order	ReferenceSort in ascending order	Max lengthSort in ascending order	Default valueSort in ascending order	DisplaySort in ascending order
Sys ID	sys_id	true	Sys ID (GUID)	(empty)	32
Name	name	true	String	(empty)	255
Domain	sys_domain	false	Domain ID	(empty)	32
Checked in	checked_in	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Host name	host_name	false	String	(empty)	255
License metric	metric_type	false	List	Software License Calculation	1,024
CPU name	cpu_name	false	String	(empty)	100
CPU count	cpu_count	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Support group	support_group	false	Reference	Group	32
Can Print	can_print	false	True/False	(empty)	40
Assignment group	assignment_group	false	Reference	Group	32
Cost	cost	false	Floating Point Number	(empty)	40
CPU manufacturer	cpu_manufacturer	false	Reference	Company	32
Domain Path	sys_domain_path	false	(empty)	(empty)	255
Manufacturer	manufacturer	false	Reference	Company	32
Attributes	attributes	false	String	(empty)	65,000
Lease expiration date	u_lease_expiration_date	false	Date	(empty)	40
OS Domain	os_domain	false	String	(empty)	40
Alias	u_alias	false	String	(empty)	100
Model ID	model_id	false	Reference	Product Model	32
Due in	due_in	false	String	(empty)	40
Classification	classification	false	String	(empty)	40
Cost center	cost_center	false	Reference	Cost Center	32
Form factor	form_factor	false	String	(empty)	40
Installed	install_date	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Fully qualified domain name	fqdn	false	String	(empty)	255
Location	location	false	Reference	Location	32
GL account	gl_account	false	String	(empty)	40
Assigned	assigned	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Floppy	floppy	false	String	(empty)	40
Model number	model_number	false	String	(empty)	255
COA	u_coa	false	String	(empty)	100
PagerDuty service	x_pd_integration_pagerduty_service	false	String	(empty)	40
Data Center	u_reference_1	false	Reference	Data Center	32
Backup	u_backup	false	String	(empty)	40
Operational status	operational_status	false	Integer	(empty)	100
Warranty expiration	warranty_expiration	false	Date	(empty)	40
Checked out	checked_out	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Functional Contact	managed_by	false	Reference	User	32
OS Version	os_version	false	String	(empty)	40
Warranty Expiration Date	u_warranty_expiration_date	false	Date	(empty)	40
Company	company	false	Reference	Company	32
Category	category	false	String	(empty)	40
First discovered	first_discovered	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Object ID	object_id	false	String	(empty)	512
Description	short_description	false	String	(empty)	1,000
DR Plan Last Approved	u_dr_plan_last_approval	false	Date	(empty)	40
Active modules	active_modules	false	String	(empty)	255
Order received	delivery_date	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Is Virtual	virtual	false	True/False	(empty)	40
Updates	sys_mod_count	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Updated	sys_updated_on	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Virus Protection	u_virus_protection	false	True/False	(empty)	40
Vendor	vendor	false	Reference	Company	32
Asset	asset	false	Reference	Asset	32
Updated by	sys_updated_by	false	String	(empty)	40
Approval group	change_control	false	Reference	Group	32
Monitor	monitor	false	True/False	(empty)	40
Used for	used_for	false	String	(empty)	40
RAM (MB)	ram	false	Integer	(empty)	40
OS Address Width (bits)	os_address_width	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Failover peer	failover_peer	false	Reference	F5 BIG-IP	32
CPU type	cpu_type	false	String	(empty)	40
Supported by	supported_by	false	Reference	User	32
Due	due	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
DR Plan Next Approval Date	u_dr_plan_next_approval	false	Date	(empty)	40
Disk space (GB)	disk_space	false	Decimal	(empty)	15
DR Plan Next Testing Date	u_dr_plan_next_test	false	Date	(empty)	40
Assigned to	assigned_to	false	Reference	User	32
Asset tag	asset_tag	false	String	(empty)	40
Subcategory	subcategory	false	String	(empty)	40
MAC Address	mac_address	false	String	(empty)	40
Schedule	schedule	false	Reference	Schedule	32
Invoice number	invoice_number	false	String	(empty)	40
CPU speed (MHz)	cpu_speed	false	Decimal	(empty)	15
Display name	u_display_name	false	String	(empty)	255
CD	cd_rom	false	True/False	(empty)	40
Substatus	hardware_substatus	false	String	(empty)	40
Justification	justification	false	String	(empty)	80
Firewall status	firewall_status	false	String	(empty)	40
Discovery source	discovery_source	false	String	(empty)	40
Processor	processor	false	Reference	Processor Definition	32
Most recent discovery	last_discovered	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
DR Plan Last Tested Date	u_dr_plan_last_test	false	Date	(empty)	40
Hardware Status	hardware_status	false	String	(empty)	40
Default Gateway	default_gateway	false	String	(empty)	40
Cost currency	cost_cc	false	String	(empty)	3
CPU core thread	cpu_core_thread	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Maintenance schedule	maintenance_schedule	false	Reference	Schedule	32
Correlation ID	correlation_id	false	String	(empty)	512
PagerDuty webhook	x_pd_integration_pagerduty_webhook	false	String	(empty)	40
Skip sync	skip_sync	false	True/False	(empty)	40
Is a Disaster Recovery Plan Required?	u_dr_plan_required	false	String	(empty)	40
PO number	po_number	false	String	(empty)	40
Management IP Address	ip_address	false	String	(empty)	255
Ordered	order_date	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Created by	sys_created_by	false	String	(empty)	40
OS Service Pack	os_service_pack	false	String	(empty)	40
CPU core count	cpu_core_count	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Created	sys_created_on	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40

Created	sys_created_on	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Status	install_status	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Fault count	fault_count	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Operating System	os	false	String	(empty)	50
Purchased	purchase_date	false	Date	(empty)	40
DNS Domain	dns_domain	false	String	(empty)	255
Start date	start_date	false	Date/Time	(empty)	40
Failover mode	failover_mode	false	String	(empty)	40
Disaster backup	dr_backup	false	Reference	Server	32
Department	department	false	Reference	Department	32
Lease contract	lease_id	false	String	(empty)	40
DR Plan ID #	u_dr_plan_id	false	String	(empty)	40
Monitoring	u_monitoring	false	True/False	(empty)	40
CD Speed	cd_speed	false	Integer	(empty)	40
Serial number	serial_number	false	String	(empty)	255
sys_class_path	sys_class_path	false	System Class path	(empty)	255
Chassis type	chassis_type	false	String	(empty)	40
Comments	comments	false	String	(empty)	4,000
Bomgar Jumpoint	u_bomgar_jumpoint	false	Reference	Bomgar Jumpoint	32
Owned by	owned_by	false	Reference	User	32
Class	sys_class_name	false	System Class Name	(empty)	80
Requires verification	unverified	false	True/False	(empty)	40