About Powering The Viprion Ac Platform; Powering The Ac Platform - F5 Viprion Manual

• If you upgrade the cluster to version 10.1 or later, the PB200 blade joins the cluster as an active member.
• If the PB100 blades are subsequently removed from the cluster, the situation does not correct itself automatically,
as the system will remember that the version of software for that cluster is a version prior to version 10.1. You can
correct this issue by specifying that version 10.1 or later run on the cluster.
• If you move a PB200 blade to a second chassis, this does not cause the other chassis to downgrade to a version earlier
than version 10.1. Cluster configuration information, which includes the software version information, is tied to the
chassis identifier on the chassis hardware and is removed from the blade when it is moved to another chassis.
PB100 blades in a cluster running BIG-IP version 10.1 and later
If you install a PB100 blade into a chassis with PB200 blades running version v10.1 or later, you could experience the
following scenarios:
• The PB100 blade upgrades to the new software and runs (this is the typical, expected behavior).
• The software images previously installed on the PB100 blade display as installable in the Configuration utility. If
you attempt to install one of those images, you receive an error on the PB200 blades, but the installation completes
successfully on the PB100 blades.
Trunk configuration in mixed clusters
If you replace a PB100 blade with a PB200 blade in a cluster that uses one or more trunks across the blades, you must
adjust the trunk configuration to match the desired PB200 external interfaces. For example, if your trunk uses 10G ports,
interface 1.1 on a PB100 blade is 10G, and interface 2.1 is 10G on a PB200 blade. For information on configuring a
trunk, see the TMOS Management Guide for BIG-IP Systems.
Redundant system configuration and mixed clusters
If you are running a redundant system configuration and would like to use a mixture of PB100 and PB200 blades, you
must put the same blade type in the corresponding slots on each chassis. For example, if you install a PB200 blade in
slot 1 and a PB100 blade in slot 2 on the active chassis, you must install a PB200 in slot 1 and a PB100 blade in slot 2
in the standby chassis.

About powering the VIPRION AC platform

The AC platform ships with four power cords that you must use with the installed power supplies to power the unit.
Before you begin to work with one of these platforms, see the environmental warnings in
Important: Do not use any power cords other than those specifically designed for the VIPRION platform.

Powering the AC platform

You can connect the power cables to the platform after you install it in a rack.
1. On the back of the platform, locate the power outlets that correspond to the locations of the power supplies. Each
outlet is labeled to ensure that you connect each power cord to the appropriate outlet.
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Environmental Guidelines.