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Connecting the cables and other hardware
After you have installed the chassis into the rack, connect the cables and other hardware.
Note: Serial (hard-wired) failover is not currently supported between VIPRION chassis. If you would like
to set up device service clustering (DSC
®
), previously known as a redundant system configuration, you must
configure network failover. For more information, see BIG-IP
®
Device Service Clustering: Administration.
1. Connect an Ethernet cable to the MGMT port if you are using the default network configured on the
management interface.
2. Connect the platform to a serial console server.
Important: In the event that network access is impaired or not yet configured, the serial console might
be the only way to access the chassis. F5
®
strongly recommends that you perform all installations and
upgrades using the serial console, as these procedures require reboots, in which network connectivity
is lost temporarily.
• Connect the serial console cable supplied by F5 to the CONSOLE port.
Note: The default serial port settings are 19200, n, 8, 1.
• Connect the RJ45F to RJ45M rolled serial adapter to the CONSOLE port if you are connecting the
system to a serial console server with a standard CAT5 cable, and then connect the CAT5 cable to
the adapter. The adapter provides the appropriate pinout connection to your equipment.
Figure 12: The RJ45F to RJ45M rolled serial (pass-through) adapter
3. If you have not already done so, power on the chassis.
You can now assign a cluster 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 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 Guide: VIPRION
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