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name: vmwaresolutions-managing_f5
title: Managing F5 BIG-IP
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2025-10-24
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# Managing F5 BIG-IP
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
{: deprecated}

## Accessing the BIG-IP web UI consoles
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To manage the F5 BIG-IP® service, log in to the primary or secondary BIG-IP web UI consoles by using the corresponding credentials. You can find the corresponding credentials on the F5 BIG-IP service details page.

For more information about viewing the service details, see [Ordering services for VCF for Classic - Automated instances](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vc_addingservices&format=markdown).

## Considerations when you delete F5 BIG-IP
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Review the following considerations before you delete the service:

* Before you delete the F5 BIG-IP service, ensure that the existing BIG-IP VE configuration is removed correctly. Specifically, network traffic must be routed around BIG-IP VE instead of through BIG-IP VE. Otherwise, the existing data traffic from your environment might be impacted.

* If you installed the F5 BIG-IP service before VMware Solutions v4.0 and then deleted that service, you must manually remove the DNS entries. For more information, see [Manually removing the DNS entries](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vc_deletingservices&format=markdown#vc_deletingservices-DNS-entries).

## Related links
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* [F5 BIG-IP overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-f5_considerations&format=markdown)
* [Getting help and support](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-trbl_support&format=markdown)
* [FAQ for VCF for Classic](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-faq-vmwaresolutions&format=markdown)
* [F5 website](https://www.f5.com/){: external}