Overview BIG-IQ Analytics

A data collection device (DCD) is a specially provisioned BIG-IQ system that you use to manage and store alerts, events, and statistical data from one or more BIG-IP systems.

Configuration tasks on the BIG-IP system determine when and how alerts or events are triggered on the client. The alerts or events are sent to a BIG-IQ data collection device, and the BIG-IQ system retrieves them for your analysis. When you opt to collect statistical data from the BIG-IP devices, the DCD periodically (at an interval that you configure) retrieves those statistics from your devices, and then processes and stores that data.

Beginning in BIG-IQ 6.0.0 and BIG-IP 13.1.0.5, the Analytics are being pushed from the BIG-IP to the DCDs. Therefore, the communication between the BIG-IP and DCD needs to be bi-directional (e.g. if your BIG-IQ/DCD are on premises the BIG-IP VE are in the public cloud such as AWS or Azure, you will need a VPN between you Datacenter and your public cloud network).

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For more details on how the Analytics are collected on the BIG-IQ, read K96505382: The BIG-IP system now pushes statistics data to BIG-IQ DCD.