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F5 LTM Lab Setup in Vmware Workstation:: Vmnet0 Vmnet8 Vmnet1

There are three default virtual network types in VMware Workstation: bridged, NAT, and host-only networks. Additional custom VMnet networks and LAN segments can be created. LAN segments allow an unlimited number of private networks to be built. The document provides an example F5 LTM lab configuration using four virtual network adapters mapped to different subnets and VLANs. It recommends two small Linux distributions, SliTaz4 and TTYLinux, for use as servers in the lab. Finally, it describes the Toolbox and Webterm client appliances and use of qcow2 format for the F5 LTM virtual machine image in a lab setup using GNS3.

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F5 LTM Lab Setup in Vmware Workstation:: Vmnet0 Vmnet8 Vmnet1

There are three default virtual network types in VMware Workstation: bridged, NAT, and host-only networks. Additional custom VMnet networks and LAN segments can be created. LAN segments allow an unlimited number of private networks to be built. The document provides an example F5 LTM lab configuration using four virtual network adapters mapped to different subnets and VLANs. It recommends two small Linux distributions, SliTaz4 and TTYLinux, for use as servers in the lab. Finally, it describes the Toolbox and Webterm client appliances and use of qcow2 format for the F5 LTM virtual machine image in a lab setup using GNS3.

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F5 LTM Lab Setup in VMWare Workstation:

There are Three Types of Virtual Networks in VMware Workstation, By Default: Bridged =
VMnet0, NAT = VMnet8 and Host-only = VMnet1.
The virtual DHCP server serves NAT and host-only networks. You can create your own custom
VMnet networks. Virtual network adaptors are in each VM and you can add multiple, if needed.
Another option is LAN Segments, these LAN segments are similar to a custom network that you
would create if it didn’t have host connectivity and if it didn’t have DHCP services from
Workstation. The advantage of these LAN Segments is that you can create as many as you want.
LAN Segments are a great solution that allows you to create as many virtual private networks,
for a virtually unlimited number of uses.

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F5 Interface Adapter Name Configuration Subnet VLAN
Management Network Adapter Bridged 192.168.100.0/24 Management
1.1 Network Adapter 2 LAN Segment 192.168.1.0/24 Internal
1.2 Network Adapter 3 NAT 192.168.114.0/24 External
1.3 Network Adapter 4 Host-Only 192.168.145.0/24 HA

Servers Option:
For Servers use small Linux OS, which require less memory and much less degree disk space are
SliTaz4 and TTYLinux.

SliTaz4:
Size: 128MB RAM/IDE HD 256MB
Root Account Password: root
SSH account: vmware
SSH password: vmware

TTYLinux:
Size: 32MB RAM/IDE HD 32MB
ROOT Account Password: root

https://www.michellelaverick.com/download/
http://www.minimalinux.org/ttylinux/Documents/single/temp.html

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F5 LTM Lab Setup in GNS3:

Toolbox Server Appliance:


Toolbox appliance contains Server-Side software for secondary management of network
devices: www, FTP, TFTP, Syslog, DHCP Server and SNMP Server. Root password: gns3

Webterm Client Appliance:


Webterm is a Debian based networking toolbox. It contains the Firefox web browser plus the
following utilities: net-tools, iproute2, ping, traceroute, curl, host, iperf3, mtr, socat, ssh client,
tcpdump, ab(apache benchmark) and the multicast testing tools msend/mreceive.

F5 LTM qcow2 Image:


QCOW2 stands for "QEMU Copy On Write 2" and uses a disk storage optimization strategy that
delays allocation of storage until it is actually needed. Files in qcow format can contain a variety
of disk images which are generally associated with specific guest operating systems.

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