diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/f5/common.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/f5/common.py
index c89709084dc..43563992246 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/f5/common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/f5/common.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ f5_top_spec = {
     ),
     'transport': dict(
         removed_in_version=2.9,
+        default='rest',
         choices=['cli', 'rest']
     )
 }
@@ -94,6 +95,14 @@ def get_provider_argspec():
     return f5_provider_spec
 
 
+def load_params(params):
+    provider = params.get('provider') or dict()
+    for key, value in iteritems(provider):
+        if key in f5_argument_spec:
+            if params.get(key) is None and value is not None:
+                params[key] = value
+
+
 # Fully Qualified name (with the partition)
 def fqdn_name(partition, value):
     if value is not None and not value.startswith('/'):
@@ -143,7 +152,8 @@ def cleanup_tokens(client):
 def is_cli(module):
     transport = module.params['transport']
     provider_transport = (module.params['provider'] or {}).get('transport')
-    return 'cli' in (transport, provider_transport)
+    result = 'cli' in (transport, provider_transport)
+    return result
 
 
 class Noop(object):
@@ -163,6 +173,7 @@ class Noop(object):
 class F5BaseClient(object):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.params = kwargs
+        load_params(self.params)
 
     @property
     def api(self):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_command.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_command.py
index 4b6c6ba6f00..b86ab2ca861 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_command.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_command.py
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ import re
 import time
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.parsing import FailedConditionsError
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.parsing import Conditional
@@ -259,7 +258,8 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
         self.module = kwargs.get('module', None)
         self.client = kwargs.get('client', None)
         self.want = Parameters(params=self.module.params)
-        self.changes = Parameters()
+        self.want.update({'module': self.module})
+        self.changes = Parameters(module=self.module)
 
     def _to_lines(self, stdout):
         lines = list()
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
             'stdout_lines': self._to_lines(responses),
             'warnings': warnings
         }
-        self.changes = Parameters(params=changes)
+        self.changes = Parameters(params=changes, module=self.module)
         if any(x for x in self.want.user_commands if x.startswith(changed)):
             return True
         return False
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_trust.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_trust.py
index 376a97b90d4..22bd0bf8976 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_trust.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_trust.py
@@ -287,10 +287,8 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
 
     def remove_from_device(self):
         result = self.client.api.tm.cm.remove_from_trust.exec_cmd(
-            'run', deviceName=self.want.peer_hostname
+            'run', deviceName=self.want.peer_hostname, name=self.want.peer_hostname
         )
-        if result:
-            result.delete()
 
 
 class ArgumentSpec(object):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_selfip.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_selfip.py
index dc57c3114d1..3ee54eef013 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_selfip.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_selfip.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - The IP addresses for the new self IP. This value is ignored upon update
         as addresses themselves cannot be changed after they are created.
+      - This value is required when creating new self IPs.
   allow_service:
     description:
       - Configure port lockdown for the Self IP. By default, the Self IP has a
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - The route domain id of the system. When creating a new Self IP, if
         this value is not specified, a default value of C(0) will be used.
+      - This value cannot be changed after it is set.
     version_added: 2.3
   partition:
     description:
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ except ImportError:
         HAS_F5SDK = False
 
 try:
-    from netaddr import IPNetwork, AddrFormatError, IPAddress
+    import netaddr
     HAS_NETADDR = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_NETADDR = False
@@ -262,11 +264,11 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
     }
 
     updatables = [
-        'traffic_group', 'allow_service', 'vlan', 'route_domain', 'netmask'
+        'traffic_group', 'allow_service', 'vlan', 'netmask', 'address'
     ]
 
     returnables = [
-        'traffic_group', 'allow_service', 'vlan', 'route_domain', 'netmask'
+        'traffic_group', 'allow_service', 'vlan', 'route_domain', 'netmask', 'address'
     ]
 
     api_attributes = [
@@ -280,6 +282,19 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
         result = self._filter_params(result)
         return result
 
+    def _fqdn_name(self, value):
+        if value is not None and not value.startswith('/'):
+            return '/{0}/{1}'.format(self.partition, value)
+        return value
+
+    @property
+    def vlan(self):
+        if self._values['vlan'] is None:
+            return None
+        return self._fqdn_name(self._values['vlan'])
+
+
+class ModuleParameters(Parameters):
     @property
     def address(self):
         address = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(
@@ -287,18 +302,14 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
         )
         return address
 
-    @address.setter
-    def address(self, value):
-        self._values['ip'] = value
-
     @property
     def ip(self):
-        if self._values['ip'] is None:
+        if self._values['address'] is None:
             return None
         try:
-            ip = str(IPAddress(self._values['ip']))
+            ip = str(netaddr.IPAddress(self._values['address']))
             return ip
-        except AddrFormatError:
+        except netaddr.AddrFormatError:
             raise F5ModuleError(
                 'The provided address is not a valid IP address'
             )
@@ -333,13 +344,13 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
             try:
                 # IPv4 netmask
                 address = '0.0.0.0/' + self._values['netmask']
-                ip = IPNetwork(address)
-            except AddrFormatError as ex:
+                ip = netaddr.IPNetwork(address)
+            except netaddr.AddrFormatError as ex:
                 try:
                     # IPv6 netmask
                     address = '::/' + self._values['netmask']
-                    ip = IPNetwork(address)
-                except AddrFormatError as ex:
+                    ip = netaddr.IPNetwork(address)
+                except netaddr.AddrFormatError as ex:
                     raise F5ModuleError(
                         'The provided netmask {0} is neither in IP or CIDR format'.format(self._values['netmask'])
                     )
@@ -405,70 +416,57 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
         result = sorted(list(set(result)))
         return result
 
-    def _fqdn_name(self, value):
-        if value is not None and not value.startswith('/'):
-            return '/{0}/{1}'.format(self.partition, value)
-        return value
 
+class ApiParameters(Parameters):
     @property
-    def vlan(self):
-        if self._values['vlan'] is None:
+    def allow_service(self):
+        if self._values['allow_service'] is None:
             return None
-        return self._fqdn_name(self._values['vlan'])
-
-
-class ApiParameters(Parameters):
-    api_map = {}
+        if self._values['allow_service'] == 'all':
+            self._values['allow_service'] = ['all']
+        return sorted(self._values['allow_service'])
 
     @property
-    def address(self):
-        if self.ip and self.route_domain and self.netmask:
-            return '{0}%{1}/{2}'.format(self.ip, self.route_domain, self.netmask)
-        elif self.ip and self.netmask:
-            return '{0}/{1}'.format(self.ip, self.netmask)
-
-    @address.setter
-    def address(self, value):
-        pattern = r'^(?P<ip>[0-9A-Fa-f:.]+)%?(?P<rd>\d+)?\/(?P<nm>\d+)$'
-        matches = re.match(pattern, value)
-        if not matches:
-            raise F5ModuleError(
-                "The specified address is malformed. Please see documentation."
-            )
+    def destination_ip(self):
+        if self._values['address'] is None:
+            return None
         try:
-            ip = matches.group('ip')
-            self._values['ip'] = str(IPAddress(ip))
-        except AddrFormatError:
+            pattern = r'(?P<rd>%[0-9]+)'
+            addr = re.sub(pattern, '', self._values['address'])
+            ip = netaddr.IPNetwork(addr)
+            return '{0}/{1}'.format(ip.ip, ip.prefixlen)
+        except netaddr.AddrFormatError:
             raise F5ModuleError(
-                'The provided address is not a valid IP address'
+                "The provided destination is not an IP address"
             )
-        self._values['route_domain'] = matches.group('rd')
-        self._values['netmask'] = matches.group('nm')
 
     @property
-    def allow_service(self):
-        if self._values['allow_service'] is None:
-            return None
-        return sorted(self._values['allow_service'])
+    def netmask(self):
+        ip = netaddr.IPNetwork(self.destination_ip)
+        return int(ip.prefixlen)
 
     @property
-    def trafficGroup(self):
-        return self.traffic_group
+    def ip(self):
+        result = netaddr.IPNetwork(self.destination_ip)
+        return str(result.ip)
 
-    @trafficGroup.setter
-    def trafficGroup(self, value):
-        self._values['traffic_group'] = value
 
+class Changes(Parameters):
+    pass
+
+
+class UsableChanges(Changes):
     @property
-    def allowService(self):
-        return self._values['allow_service']
+    def allow_service(self):
+        if self._values['allow_service'] is None:
+            return None
+        if self._values['allow_service'] == ['all']:
+            return 'all'
+        return sorted(self._values['allow_service'])
 
-    @allowService.setter
-    def allowService(self, value):
-        if value == 'all':
-            self._values['allow_service'] = ['all']
-        else:
-            self._values['allow_service'] = sorted([str(x) for x in value])
+
+class ReportableChanges(Changes):
+    pass
 
 
 class ModuleManager(object):
@@ -476,8 +474,8 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
         self.module = kwargs.get('module', None)
         self.client = kwargs.get('client', None)
         self.have = None
-        self.want = Parameters(params=self.module.params)
-        self.changes = ApiParameters()
+        self.want = ModuleParameters(params=self.module.params)
+        self.changes = UsableChanges()
 
     def _set_changed_options(self):
         changed = {}
@@ -485,7 +483,7 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
             if getattr(self.want, key) is not None:
                 changed[key] = getattr(self.want, key)
         if changed:
-            self.changes = Parameters(params=changed)
+            self.changes = UsableChanges(params=changed)
 
     def _update_changed_options(self):
         diff = Difference(self.want, self.have)
@@ -496,12 +494,12 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
             if change is None:
                 continue
             else:
-                if k in ['netmask', 'route_domain']:
+                if k in ['netmask']:
                     changed['address'] = change
                 else:
                     changed[k] = change
         if changed:
-            self.changes = ApiParameters(params=changed)
+            self.changes = UsableChanges(params=changed)
             return True
         return False
 
@@ -583,11 +581,12 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
             self.want.update({'route_domain': 0})
         if self.want.allow_service:
             if 'all' in self.want.allow_service:
-                self.want.update(dict(allow_service='all'))
+                self.want.update(dict(allow_service=['all']))
             elif 'none' in self.want.allow_service:
                 self.want.update(dict(allow_service=[]))
             elif 'default' in self.want.allow_service:
                 self.want.update(dict(allow_service=['default']))
+        self._set_changed_options()
         if self.want.check_mode:
             return True
         self.create_on_device()
@@ -597,7 +596,7 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
             raise F5ModuleError("Failed to create the Self IP")
 
     def create_on_device(self):
-        params = self.want.api_params()
+        params = self.changes.api_params()
         self.client.api.tm.net.selfips.selfip.create(
             name=self.want.name,
             partition=self.want.partition,
@@ -648,6 +647,10 @@ class Difference(object):
         except AttributeError:
             return attr1
 
+    @property
+    def address(self):
+        pass
+
     @property
     def allow_service(self):
         """Returns services formatted for consumption by f5-sdk update
@@ -670,7 +673,7 @@ class Difference(object):
         if result[0] == 'none' and self.have.allow_service is None:
             return None
         elif result[0] == 'all' and self.have.allow_service[0] != 'all':
-            return 'all'
+            return ['all']
         elif result[0] == 'none':
             return []
         elif self.have.allow_service is None:
@@ -683,7 +686,7 @@ class Difference(object):
         if self.want.netmask is None:
             return None
         try:
-            address = IPNetwork(self.have.ip)
+            address = netaddr.IPNetwork(self.have.ip)
             if self.want.route_domain is not None:
                 nipnet = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(address.ip, self.want.route_domain, self.want.netmask)
                 cipnet = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(address.ip, self.want.route_domain, self.have.netmask)
@@ -695,32 +698,11 @@ class Difference(object):
                 cipnet = "{0}/{1}".format(address.ip, self.have.netmask)
             if nipnet != cipnet:
                 return nipnet
-        except AddrFormatError:
+        except netaddr.AddrFormatError:
             raise F5ModuleError(
                 'The provided address/netmask value "{0}" was invalid'.format(self.have.ip)
             )
 
-    @property
-    def route_domain(self):
-        if self.want.route_domain is None:
-            return None
-        try:
-            address = IPNetwork(self.have.ip)
-
-            if self.want.netmask is not None:
-                nipnet = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(address.ip, self.want.route_domain, self.want.netmask)
-                cipnet = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(address.ip, self.have.route_domain, self.want.netmask)
-            elif self.have.netmask is not None:
-                nipnet = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(address.ip, self.want.route_domain, self.have.netmask)
-                cipnet = "{0}%{1}/{2}".format(address.ip, self.have.route_domain, self.have.netmask)
-
-            if nipnet != cipnet:
-                return nipnet
-        except AddrFormatError:
-            raise F5ModuleError(
-                'The provided address/netmask value was invalid'
-            )
-
     @property
     def traffic_group(self):
         if self.want.traffic_group != self.have.traffic_group:
@@ -737,7 +719,7 @@ class ArgumentSpec(object):
             netmask=dict(),
             traffic_group=dict(),
             vlan=dict(),
-            route_domain=dict(),
+            route_domain=dict(type='int'),
             state=dict(
                 default='present',
                 choices=['present', 'absent']
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/bigip.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/bigip.py
index bd299516f59..e11cff45d49 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/bigip.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/bigip.py
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ except ImportError:
 class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-        transport = self._task.args.get('transport', 'rest')
-
-        display.vvvv('connection transport is %s' % transport, self._play_context.remote_addr)
-
         if self._play_context.connection == 'network_cli':
             provider = self._task.args.get('provider', {})
             if any(provider.values()):
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
                 pc.remote_user = provider.get('user', self._play_context.connection_user)
                 pc.password = provider.get('password', self._play_context.password)
                 pc.private_key_file = provider['ssh_keyfile'] or self._play_context.private_key_file
-                pc.timeout = int(provider.get('timeout', C.PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT))
+                pc.timeout = int(provider['timeout'] or C.PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT)
 
                 display.vvv('using connection plugin %s' % pc.connection, pc.remote_addr)
                 connection = self._shared_loader_obj.connection_loader.get('persistent', pc, sys.stdin)
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_selfip.py b/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_selfip.py
index 2188b0f440b..d0256ea161f 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_selfip.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_selfip.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 try:
-    from library.bigip_selfip import Parameters
     from library.bigip_selfip import ApiParameters
+    from library.bigip_selfip import ModuleParameters
     from library.bigip_selfip import ModuleManager
     from library.bigip_selfip import ArgumentSpec
     from library.module_utils.network.f5.common import F5ModuleError
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ try:
     from test.unit.modules.utils import set_module_args
 except ImportError:
     try:
-        from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_selfip import Parameters
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_selfip import ApiParameters
+        from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_selfip import ModuleParameters
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_selfip import ModuleManager
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_selfip import ArgumentSpec
         from ansible.module_utils.network.f5.common import F5ModuleError
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TestParameters(unittest.TestCase):
             traffic_group='traffic-group-local-only',
             vlan='net1'
         )
-        p = Parameters(params=args)
+        p = ModuleParameters(params=args)
         assert p.address == '10.10.10.10%1/24'
         assert p.allow_service == ['gre:0', 'tcp:80', 'udp:53']
         assert p.name == 'net1'
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TestParameters(unittest.TestCase):
                 'grp'
             ]
         )
-        p = Parameters(params=args)
+        p = ModuleParameters(params=args)
         with pytest.raises(F5ModuleError) as ex:
             assert p.allow_service == ['grp', 'tcp:80', 'udp:53']
         assert 'The provided protocol' in str(ex)
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class TestParameters(unittest.TestCase):
         assert p.allow_service == ['gre', 'tcp:80', 'udp:53']
         assert p.name == 'net1'
         assert p.netmask == 24
-        assert p.route_domain == 1
         assert p.traffic_group == '/Common/traffic-group-local-only'
         assert p.vlan == '/Common/net1'