F5 BIG-IP 8950, Platform Manual

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3. Press the Check button to select Management.
4. Press the Check button to select Mgmt IP.
5. Enter your management IP address using the up and down arrow keys, and then press the Check button.
6. Use the arrow keys to select Mgmt Mask, and then press the Check button.
7. Enter the netmask using the up and down arrow keys, and then press the Check button.
8. Use the arrow keys to select Mgmt Gateway, and then press the Check button.
9. Enter your default route using the up and down arrow keys, and then press the Check button. If you do
not have a default route, enter 0.0.0.0.
10. Use the arrow keys to select Commit, and then press the Check button.
11. Press the check button to select OK.
After you add an IP address, netmask, and gateway to the management port, you can connect a management
workstation to the management interface and log on to the Configuration Utility to configure the unit.
Licensing the platform
Once the management 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 management IP address that you assigned to the platform.
Use the following format where <mgmt_ip_address> is the management IP address you assigned:
https://<mgmt_ip_address>
2. Type
admin
as the user name and
admin
as the password.
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.
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