PowerShell meets BIG-IP, F5 networks

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???F5???????? (https://www.f5networks.co.jp) ??DevCentral Japan ????????????? PowerShell ?????????????????(DevCentral Japan: https://www.f5networks.co.jp/devcentral/index.html) ?????????????????????????????????????????F5??????? ??????????????????

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https://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/toshi/archive/2008/05/26/3296.aspx

?? F5??????????????? PowerShell ? ??????????????? Dev Central ????? BIG-IP (???????) ?? PowerShell ?????????????????? PowerShell ???????????????????????? PowerShell ?? BIG-IP ????????????????????????????????????????????BIG-IP ????????????????????????? (BIG-IP) ?????????????????????????

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iControl snap-in ????????(????????????)

Microsoft PowerShell with iControl (??)
https://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=71

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iControl 101 - #10 - Performance Graphs
https://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=194

????????????????????????? PowerShell ??????????????System Center Virtual Machine Manager ???????????Web???????????????IIS???????BIG-IP???????????????System Center Operations Manager???????????????????????????????????????????????????

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Last week, I had a chance to speak about PowerShell at "DevCentral Japan Member Meeting". DevCentral (https://devcentral.f5.com/) is a user community and online resources hosted by F5 networks. I am grateful for DevCentral Japan members and F5 people. Check out the blog post about meeting and their trip to Japan.

DevCentral Tokyo - Day 4
https://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/Joe/archive/2008/05/22/devcentral-tokyo---day-4.aspx

Glad to find they had enjoyed Tokyo very much!

So, why PowerShell for F5 users?  F5 has already introduced PowerShell snap-in to access BIG-IP. The snap-in leverages iControl, BIG-IP extender, so that no upgrade or modification to BIG-IP boxes is necessary to access them from PowerShell.

Take a look at screen cast. (no audio)  I demoed it in presence of the author of snap-in. What a nervous moment!

iControl snap-in can be found here (logon required to download)

Microsoft PowerShell with iControl
https://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=71

Another article discusses more practical usages, far useful than fan speed.

iControl 101 - #10 - Performance Graphs
https://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=194

By interoperating various computers and equipments, different kinds of operations would be streamlined in a single script. For example, create a virtual machine with System Center Virtual Machine Manager, copy web contents and applications, set up IIS, add to BIG-IP load balancing pool, then monitor with System Center Operations Manager.