We can do the provisioning or allocation of system memory, disk space and usage for CPU among the licensed modules of the F5 BIG-IP appliance. There are four settings for allocating the resources for these Modules:-

1)    None/Disabled – This means that the module is not provisioned at all. So if a module will not be provisioned than it will not run at all.

2)    Dedicated – In this option the system will allocate all the resources for CPU, memory & disk to only one module. If we select this option than the system will automatically set all the other modules to option#1 which is “None/Disabled.

3)    Nominal – When this option is enabled for a specific module, this means that this module will get the least amount of resources. After this, if we enable all the other modules then this module will get additional resources from the left over portion of the resources which remain.

4)    Minimum – In this option, when we enable the module then it will get the least or minimum amount of resources that it needs and unlike option#3(Nominal), in this option no more additional resources will be allocated to this module.

Using Resource Provisioning of BIG-IP using configuration utility:-