Defining Big-Ip Systems - Dell 3-DNS Administrator's Manual

Chapter 5

Defining BIG-IP systems

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3. Add the new 3-DNS settings. For help on defining 3-DNS
Controllers, click Help on the toolbar.
The 3-DNS Controller is added to your configuration.
Note
For details on how to configure a 3-DNS Controller from the command line,
refer to Appendix A, 3-DNS Configuration File, in the 3-DNS Reference
Guide.
A BIG-IP system can be any of the following: an IP Application Switch, a
Controller, a Cache Controller, a FireGuard Load Balancer, an e-Commerce
Controller, or a Link Controller.
Before you define any BIG-IP systems in the configuration, you should have
the following information:
• The self IP addresses and translations of the BIG-IP system's interfaces
• The IP address and service name or port number of each virtual server
managed by the BIG-IP system, only if you do not want to use
auto-configuration to discover the BIG-IP system's virtual servers
To define a BIG-IP system using the Configuration utility
1. In the navigation pane, expand the Servers item, and then click
BIG-IP.
2. On the toolbar, click Add BIG-IP .
The Add New BIG-IP screen opens.
3. Add the new BIG-IP system settings. Note that if you want the
3-DNS Controller to discover the BIG-IP system's virtual servers,
select ON for the Discovery setting.(For help on defining BIG-IP
systems, click Help on the toolbar.)
4. Click Add when you have finished configuring the initial settings
for the BIG-IP system.
The controller adds the BIG-IP system information to the
configuration.
Important
Auto-configuration collects the virtual server information for any BIG-IP
systems you have in your network, if you turn on Discovery when you add
the BIG-IP system to the configuration. For more information about
auto-configuration, see Overview of auto-configuration, on page 5-15.
If you do not turn on Discovery when you add the BIG-IP system to the
configuration (in step 3, preceding), then use the following procedure to add
virtual servers to the BIG-IP system definition.