F5 BIG-IP PowerPack Release Notes, version 106

Version 106 of the "F5 BIG-IP" PowerPack updates the PowerPack to Python 3.11 and updates the event policy description for better consumption by Skylar One (formerly SL1).

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 12.3.1

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 12.3.1 or later of Skylar One before installing the "F5 BIG-IP" PowerPack.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

Installation or Upgrade Process

To install version 106 of the "F5 BIG-IP" PowerPack, perform the following steps:

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 12.3.1 or later release.
  3. Download the "F5 BIG-IP" version 106 PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "F5 BIG-IP" version 106.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  1. Dynamic Applications that collect configuration and performance data about F5 BIG-IP devices
  2. Device classes for all F5 BIG-IP devices
  3. Event policies that are triggered when F5 BIG-IP devices meet certain status criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release:

  • Updated the PowerPack from Python version 3.6 to version 3.11.
  • Updated the event policy descriptions in the PowerPack so they are more easily consumed by Skylar One.

If you upgrade the PowerPack, any content you customized in your event policy descriptions might be overwritten.

Known Issues & Workarounds

The following known issues affect version 106 of the "F5 BIG-IP" PowerPack:

  • The PowerPack contains a collection object called "ASN.1 Encoded Name" that was added on previous versions. This collection object is present in the "F5 BIG-IP LTM: Pool Configuration", "F5 BIG-IP LTM: Pool Member Configuration", and "F5 BIG-IP LTM: Node Configuration" Dynamic Applications. This collection object is not collecting data and will be disabled 48 hours after aligning the Dynamic Applications to a device.

  • All snippets display a "RequestsDependency" warning, which is caused by importing requests in python3.6 or python3.9. This warning does not affect collection.

  • Virtual servers with the same name might have only one discovered instance of duplicate named servers discovered, modeled, and present in the configuration table in the "F5 Big-IP LTM: Virtual Server Discovery" Dynamic Application. Additionally, due to a change in how Python 2 and Python 3 handle dictionaries, when upgrading from version 103 to version 104, the duplicated device that is discovered, modeled, and listed in the configuration table might change.

F5 and ScienceLogic both recommend that virtual servers have unique names.