diff --git a/build/build-cloud.xml b/build/build-cloud.xml
index 38f228807e2..5eabf8c3a5d 100755
--- a/build/build-cloud.xml
+++ b/build/build-cloud.xml
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 
   <target name="build-servers" depends="-init, build-server" />
 
-  <target name="build-opensource" depends="-init, build-server, build-agent, build-scripts, build-ui, build-console-proxy, build-ovm, package-oss-systemvm-iso, build-netscaler, build-dp-user-dispersing">
+  <target name="build-opensource" depends="-init, build-server, build-agent, build-scripts, build-ui, build-console-proxy, build-ovm, package-oss-systemvm-iso, build-netscaler, build-f5, build-dp-user-dispersing">
     <copy overwrite="true" todir="${dist.dir}">
       <fileset dir="${base.dir}/build/deploy/">
         <include name="deploy-agent.sh" />
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
     <delete dir="${unittest.dir}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="compile-all" description="Compile all of the jars" depends="compile-utils, compile-api, compile-core, compile-server, compile-ovm, compile-netscaler"/>
+  <target name="compile-all" description="Compile all of the jars" depends="compile-utils, compile-api, compile-core, compile-server, compile-ovm, compile-netscaler, compile-f5"/>
 
   <target name="clean-all" depends="clean, clean-awsapi" description="Clean all of the generated files, including dependency cache and javadoc">
     <delete dir="${target.dir}" />
@@ -610,4 +610,10 @@
   </target>
   <target name="build-netscaler" depends="compile-netscaler"/>
 
+  <!-- ===================== Cloud-Plugin-F5.Jar ===================== -->
+  <target name="compile-f5" depends="-init, compile-server" description="Compile F5 plugin">
+  	<ant antfile="${base.dir}/plugins/network-elements/f5/build.xml" target="build"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="build-f5" depends="compile-f5"/>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/components.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/components.xml.in
index 861a622c58c..884e9545534 100755
--- a/client/tomcatconf/components.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/components.xml.in
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
         </adapters>
         <pluggableservice name="VirtualRouterElementService" key="com.cloud.network.element.VirtualRouterElementService" class="com.cloud.network.element.VirtualRouterElement"/>
         <pluggableservice name="NetscalerExternalLoadBalancerElementService" key="com.cloud.network.element.NetscalerLoadBalancerElementService" class="com.cloud.network.element.NetscalerElement"/>
+        <pluggableservice name="F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService" key="com.cloud.network.element.F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService" class="com.cloud.network.element.F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement"/>
         <dao name="NetScalerPodDao" class="com.cloud.network.dao.NetScalerPodDaoImpl" singleton="false"/>
     </management-server>
 
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/f5/.classpath b/plugins/network-elements/f5/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3f5d12a4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/f5/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+        <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/api"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/core"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/server"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/utils"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/deps"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/f5/.project b/plugins/network-elements/f5/.project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9cfdd7ade4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/f5/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>f5</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/f5/build.xml b/plugins/network-elements/f5/build.xml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..47fcb1c6181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/f5/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+
+<project name="Cloud Stack F5 network element" default="help" basedir=".">
+  <description>
+		Cloud Stack ant build file
+    </description>
+
+  <dirname property="f5.base.dir" file="${ant.file.Cloud Stack F5 network element}/"/>
+  <!-- This directory must be set -->
+  <property name="top.dir" location="${f5.base.dir}/../../.."/>
+  <property name="build.dir" location="${top.dir}/build"/>
+	
+	<echo message="build.dir=${build.dir}; top.dir=${top.dir}; f5.base.dir=${f5.base.dir}"/>
+
+  <!-- Import anything that the user wants to set-->
+  <!-- Import properties files and environment variables here -->
+
+  <property environment="env" />
+
+  <condition property="build-cloud.properties.file" value="${build.dir}/override/build-cloud.properties" else="${build.dir}/build-cloud.properties">
+    <available file="${build.dir}/override/build-cloud.properties" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <condition property="cloud.properties.file" value="${build.dir}/override/cloud.properties" else="${build.dir}/cloud.properties">
+    <available file="${build.dir}/override/cloud.properties" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <condition property="override.file" value="${build.dir}/override/replace.properties" else="${build.dir}/replace.properties">
+    <available file="${build.dir}/override/replace.properties" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <echo message="Using build parameters from ${build-cloud.properties.file}" />
+  <property file="${build-cloud.properties.file}" />
+
+  <echo message="Using company info from ${cloud.properties.file}" />
+  <property file="${cloud.properties.file}" />
+
+  <echo message="Using override file from ${override.file}" />
+  <property file="${override.file}" />
+
+  <property file="${build.dir}/build.number" />
+
+  <!-- In case these didn't get defined in the build-cloud.properties -->
+  <property name="branding.name" value="default" />
+  <property name="deprecation" value="off" />
+  <property name="target.compat.version" value="1.6" />
+  <property name="source.compat.version" value="1.6" />
+  <property name="debug" value="true" />
+  <property name="debuglevel" value="lines,source"/>
+
+  <echo message="target.dir=${target.dir}; top.dir=${top.dir}"/>
+  <!-- directories for build and distribution -->
+  <property name="target.dir" location="${top.dir}/target" />
+  <property name="classes.dir" location="${target.dir}/classes" />
+  <property name="jar.dir" location="${target.dir}/jar" />
+  <property name="dep.cache.dir" location="${target.dir}/dep-cache" />
+  <property name="build.log" location="${target.dir}/ant_verbose.txt" />
+
+  <property name="deps.dir" location="${top.dir}/deps" />
+  
+  <property name="cloud-plugin-f5.jar" value="cloud-plugin-f5.jar" />
+	
+  <import file="${build.dir}/build-common.xml"/>
+
+  <echo message="target.dir=${target.dir}; top.dir=${top.dir}"/>
+	
+  <!-- This section needs to be replaced by some kind of dependency library-->
+  <path id="deps.classpath">
+    <!--filelist files="${deps.classpath}" /-->
+    <fileset dir="${deps.dir}" erroronmissingdir="false">
+      <include name="*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+	
+  <path id="cloudstack.classpath">
+  	<fileset dir="${jar.dir}">
+  	  <include name="*.jar"/>
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+	
+  <path id="f5.classpath">
+	<path refid="deps.classpath"/>
+  	<path refid="cloudstack.classpath"/>
+  </path>
+	
+  <!-- This section needs to be replaced by some kind of dependency library-->
+
+  <target name="deploy-f5" >
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="init" description="Initialize binaries directory">
+  	<mkdir dir="${classes.dir}/${cloud-plugin-f5.jar}"/>
+  	<mkdir dir="${jar.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="compile-f5" depends="init" description="Compile F5">
+    <compile-java jar.name="${cloud-plugin-f5.jar}" top.dir="${f5.base.dir}" classpath="f5.classpath" />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="clean-f5">
+    <delete dir="${classes.dir}/${cloud-plugin-f5.jar}"/>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="build" depends="compile-f5"/>
+  <target name="clean" depends="clean-f5"/>
+
+  <target name="help" description="help">
+    <echo level="info" message="This is the build file for F5 network element plugin"/>
+    <echo level="info" message="You can do a build by doing ant build or clean by doing ant clean" />
+  </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/AddExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/AddExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/AddExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/AddExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/DeleteExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/DeleteExternalLoadBalancerCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListExternalLoadBalancersCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/ListExternalLoadBalancersCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListExternalLoadBalancersCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/ListExternalLoadBalancersCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/AddF5LoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/AddF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/AddF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/AddF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureF5LoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancersCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancersCmd.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancersCmd.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListF5LoadBalancersCmd.java
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/F5LoadBalancerResponse.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/response/F5LoadBalancerResponse.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/com/cloud/api/response/F5LoadBalancerResponse.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/response/F5LoadBalancerResponse.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement.java
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService.java
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/network/element/F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService.java
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/network/resource/F5BigIpResource.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/network/resource/F5BigIpResource.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/com/cloud/network/resource/F5BigIpResource.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/network/resource/F5BigIpResource.java
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/.classpath b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/.classpath
index 1c573a61400..a3f5d12a4c8 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/.classpath
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/.classpath
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
-        <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7"/>
+        <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/api"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/core"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/server"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/utils"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/deps"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/DefaultComponentLibrary.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/DefaultComponentLibrary.java
index 2da961246b7..97cb6aa1410 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/DefaultComponentLibrary.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/DefaultComponentLibrary.java
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ import com.cloud.network.dao.VirtualRouterProviderDaoImpl;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.VpnUserDaoImpl;
 import com.cloud.network.element.CiscoNexusVSMElement;
 import com.cloud.network.element.CiscoNexusVSMElementService;
-import com.cloud.network.element.F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement;
-import com.cloud.network.element.F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService;
 import com.cloud.network.element.JuniperSRXExternalFirewallElement;
 import com.cloud.network.element.JuniperSRXFirewallElementService;
 import com.cloud.network.element.VirtualRouterElement;
@@ -416,7 +414,6 @@ public class DefaultComponentLibrary extends ComponentLibraryBase implements Com
 
     protected void populateServices() {
         addService("VirtualRouterElementService", VirtualRouterElementService.class, VirtualRouterElement.class);
-        addService("F5LoadBalancerElementService", F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService.class, F5ExternalLoadBalancerElement.class);
         addService("JuniperSRXFirewallElementService", JuniperSRXFirewallElementService.class, JuniperSRXExternalFirewallElement.class);
         addService("CiscoNexusVSMElementService", CiscoNexusVSMElementService.class, CiscoNexusVSMElement.class);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl.java
index f0f403ebc2f..640b216d9ad 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl.java
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkExternalLoadBalancerDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.PhysicalNetworkDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.PhysicalNetworkServiceProviderDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.VpnUserDao;
-import com.cloud.network.element.F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService;
 import com.cloud.network.element.JuniperSRXFirewallElementService;
-import com.cloud.network.resource.F5BigIpResource;
 import com.cloud.network.resource.JuniperSrxResource;
 import com.cloud.network.rules.dao.PortForwardingRulesDao;
 import com.cloud.offerings.dao.NetworkOfferingDao;
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ public class ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl implements ExternalNetworkDeviceMa
     @Inject NetworkExternalLoadBalancerDao _networkExternalLBDao;
     @Inject NetworkExternalFirewallDao _networkExternalFirewallDao;
 
-    @PlugService F5ExternalLoadBalancerElementService _f5LbElementService;
     @PlugService JuniperSRXFirewallElementService _srxElementService;
 
     ScheduledExecutorService _executor;
@@ -184,19 +181,6 @@ public class ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl implements ExternalNetworkDeviceMa
             } else {
                 throw new CloudRuntimeException("Failed to add SRX firewall device due to internal error");
             }
-        } else if (cmd.getDeviceType().equalsIgnoreCase(NetworkDevice.F5BigIpLoadBalancer.getName())) {
-            Long physicalNetworkId = (params.get(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID)==null)?Long.parseLong((String)params.get(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID)):null;
-            String url = (String) params.get(ApiConstants.URL);
-            String username = (String) params.get(ApiConstants.USERNAME);
-            String password = (String) params.get(ApiConstants.PASSWORD);
-            ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager lbDeviceMgr = (ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager) _f5LbElementService;
-            ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO lbDeviceVO =  lbDeviceMgr.addExternalLoadBalancer(physicalNetworkId, url, username, password,
-                    cmd.getDeviceType(), (ServerResource) new F5BigIpResource());
-            if (lbDeviceVO != null) {
-                return _hostDao.findById(lbDeviceVO.getHostId());
-            } else {
-                throw new CloudRuntimeException("Failed to add Netscaler load balancer device due to internal error");
-            }
         } else {
             throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unsupported network device type:" + cmd.getDeviceType());
         }
@@ -229,9 +213,6 @@ public class ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl implements ExternalNetworkDeviceMa
             } else {
                 throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unsupported PXE server type:" + pxeType);
             }
-        } else if (host.getType() == Host.Type.ExternalLoadBalancer) {
-            ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager lbDeviceMgr = (ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager) _f5LbElementService;
-            response = _f5LbElementService.createExternalLoadBalancerResponse(host);
         } else if (host.getType() == Host.Type.ExternalFirewall) {
             response = _srxElementService.createExternalFirewallResponse(host);
         } else {
@@ -278,14 +259,6 @@ public class ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl implements ExternalNetworkDeviceMa
             Long zoneId = Long.parseLong((String) params.get(ApiConstants.ZONE_ID));
             Long podId = Long.parseLong((String)params.get(ApiConstants.POD_ID));
             res = listNetworkDevice(zoneId, null, podId, Host.Type.PxeServer);
-        } else if (cmd.getDeviceType().equalsIgnoreCase(NetworkDevice.NetscalerMPXLoadBalancer.getName()) ||
-                cmd.getDeviceType().equalsIgnoreCase(NetworkDevice.NetscalerVPXLoadBalancer.getName()) ||
-                cmd.getDeviceType().equalsIgnoreCase(NetworkDevice.NetscalerSDXLoadBalancer.getName()) ||
-                cmd.getDeviceType().equalsIgnoreCase(NetworkDevice.F5BigIpLoadBalancer.getName())) {
-            Long zoneId = Long.parseLong((String) params.get(ApiConstants.ZONE_ID));
-            Long physicalNetworkId = (params.get(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID)==null)?Long.parseLong((String)params.get(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID)):null;
-            ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager lbDeviceMgr = (ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager) _f5LbElementService;
-            return lbDeviceMgr.listExternalLoadBalancers(physicalNetworkId, cmd.getDeviceType());
         } else if (NetworkDevice.JuniperSRXFirewall.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(cmd.getDeviceType())) {
             Long zoneId = Long.parseLong((String) params.get(ApiConstants.ZONE_ID));
             Long physicalNetworkId = (params.get(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID)==null)?Long.parseLong((String)params.get(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID)):null;
@@ -315,10 +288,7 @@ public class ExternalNetworkDeviceManagerImpl implements ExternalNetworkDeviceMa
     @Override
     public boolean deleteNetworkDevice(DeleteNetworkDeviceCmd cmd) {
        HostVO device = _hostDao.findById(cmd.getId());
-       if (device.getType() == Type.ExternalLoadBalancer) {
-           ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager lbDeviceMgr = (ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceManager) _f5LbElementService;
-           return lbDeviceMgr.deleteExternalLoadBalancer(cmd.getId());
-       } else if (device.getType() == Type.ExternalLoadBalancer) {
+       if (device.getType() == Type.ExternalFirewall) {
            ExternalFirewallDeviceManager fwDeviceManager = (ExternalFirewallDeviceManager) _srxElementService;
            return fwDeviceManager.deleteExternalFirewall(cmd.getId());
        }