F5 2000 Series, Manual

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Connecting the cables and other hardware
After you have installed the unit into the rack, connect the cables and other hardware.
1. Connect the system to a management workstation or network.
• If you are using a serial terminal as the console, connect the serial console cable supplied by F5
Networks to the CONSOLE port.
Important: In the event that network access is impaired or not yet configured, the serial
console might be the only way to access the unit. F5 Networks recommends that you perform
all installations and upgrades using the serial console, as these procedures require reboots,
in which network connectivity is lost temporarily.
• If you are using the default network configured on the management interface, connect an Ethernet
cable to the MGMT port.
• If you are connecting the system to a serial console server with a standard CAT5 cable, connect the
RJ45F to RJ45M rolled serial adapter to the console port, and then connect a CAT5 cable to the
adapter.
Figure 4: The RJ45F to RJ45M rolled serial (pass-through) adapter
2. For a redundant system configuration with hard-wired failover capacity, connect the serial failover cable
to the failover port on each unit.
3. For AC-powered systems, connect the power cable to the power input panel, and then connect it to the
power source. For DC-powered systems, wire the DC power terminal block and connect the power
supply to a DC power source.
4. Power on the unit.
You can now assign a management IP address to the system, and then license and provision the software.
Optionally, you should run the latest version of the qkview utility. This utility collects configuration and
diagnostic information about your system into a single file that you can provide to F5 Technical Support
to aid in troubleshooting. For more information, see
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/1000/800/sol1858.html
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Platform Installation