Configuring The Cluster Ip Address Using Tmsh; Licensing The Platform; Verifying Blade Availability - F5 VIPRION 4800 Series Platform Manual

The system saves the new IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address for the cluster. You can now access
the browser-based Configuration utility using the cluster IP address you assigned.

Configuring the cluster IP address using tmsh

You can configure the cluster IP address using
1. Connect to the system using the serial console.
2. Set the cluster IP address and subnet mask.
tmsh modify sys cluster default address <ip_address/mask>
Example:
3. Set the default gateway for the cluster.
tmsh modify sys management-route default gateway <gateway_ip>
Example:
4. Write the running configuration to the stored configuration files.
tmsh sys save [base-config | config]
The system saves the new IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address for the cluster. You can now access
the browser-based Configuration utility using the cluster IP address you assigned.

Licensing the platform

Once the cluster IP address is configured for the platform, you can use the browser-based Configuration
utility to license the appropriate BIG-IP software.
1. Using a Web browser, navigate to the cluster IP address that you assigned to the VIPRION system.
Use this format, where
https://<cluster_ip_address>
2. Type
admin
If this is the first time you have accessed the Configuration utility, the first screen you see is the License
screen.
3. Follow the instructions in the Configuration utility to license the platform.
For more information about licensing the system, click the Help tab.

Verifying blade availability

At this point, you have installed the VIPRION platform, powered it, installed blades, assigned a cluster IP
address to the system, and licensed it for use. Next, you need to ensure that the blades are recognized by
the software and available for processing network traffic.
1. Using a Web browser, navigate to the cluster IP address that you have assigned to the VIPRION platform.
The Configuration utility opens.
2. On the Main tab, click System > Clusters.
The Clusters screen opens.
tmsh modify sys cluster default address 192.168.217.44/24
tmsh modify sys management-route default gateway 172.20.80.254
<cluster_ip_address>
as the user name and
admin
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after you connect a blade to a serial console.
tmsh
is the cluster IP address you assigned:
as the password.
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