F5 ARX 2000 Replacement Script page 14

Prior to general availability release of the 6.0.0 software, F5 will launch a "transition" website. This
website will allow customers to enter the „show chassis‟ output from an ARX into the website and get
an email with the base registration key for that ARX.
Refer to section 6 of the ARX CLI Reference Guide "Upgrading your software."
When you reach the licensing steps, you can continue to follow the documentation or follow the 3
section of this use case:
New ARX hardware with a pre-programmed base registration key
The F5 manufacturing operation will begin to pre-populate the assigned base registration key for each
ARX on all switches that ship with the 6.0.0 code. In these cases, the Interview Wizard will have a
base registration key pre-populated.
IP address of a DNS server to be used by automatic activation of the license key.
A name server must be assigned so that the software can be activated. 4.
Enter the DNS name server IP address to access the license server in the
format nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn. #
Base Registration Key
The base registration key is used to activate the software license for
this system.
8. Enter the chassis' base registration key in the format xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-
xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxx.(default=GABCDEF-ABCDEF-ABCDE-ABCD-ABCDEFG) #
If this information is entered at the interview wizard the base registration key will be used
automatically by any of the licensing operations.
After you log into the chassis, follow the 3
ARX
Running Through initial interview wizard of license aware software without a pre-programmed base
registration key
In most cases the base registration key will be pre-programmed on the hardware by manufacturing or
via an upgrade from non-license aware to license aware software. Two notable exceptions to the
pre-programmed base registration key are deployments of a license aware ARX Virtual Edition and
switch replacement due to an RMA of a defective switch. To handle the VE and RMA cases, the
initial interview wizard of DMOS 6.0.0 has been modified to account for the addition of licensing.
Two new questions have been added:
IP address of a DNS server to be used by automatic activation of the license key.
A name server must be assigned so that the software can be activated. 4.
Enter the DNS name server IP address to access the license server in the
format nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn. #
Base Registration Key
The base resistration key is used to activate the software license for
this system.
8. Enter the chassis' base registration key in the format xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-
xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxx. #
If this information is entered at the interview wizard the base registration key will be used
automatically by any of the licensing operations.
After you log into the chassis, follow the 3
ARX
Activate the license on your ARX:
There are 2 different methods of activation, automatic and manual. Automatic activation requires that
your ARX can access
not directly access http://activate.f5.com, you must activate your license from a computer that can
access http://activate.f5.com, using one of the manual methods detailed below.
Activate the license on your ARX
http://activate.f5.com
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