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F5 WANJet
®
500 Appliance
Quick Start Card
How to get started with the WANJet 500 appliance
WANJet
®
500 | Quick Start Card
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To log on
a. In a web browser, go to
https://<Mgmt IP
address>
,
if you set up a management network.
Otherwise, use the
Bridge IP
Address.
b. In the user authentication popup screen, type the
user name and password, and then click
OK
. The
default credentials are:
User Name:
admin
Password:
admin
The WANJet Setup Utility Welcome screen opens.
To activate the license
a. On the WANJet Setup Utility Welcome screen,
click
Next
to open the first License screen.
b. Click
Activate
to open the second License
screen. In the
Base Registration Key
box, your
registration key appears. If it does not appear, see
the note below.
c. Click
Next
.
d. Read the End User License Agreement (EULA), and
then click
Accept
if you agree to the conditions.
Note:
If automatic license activation does not work,
you can use manual activation instead. On the
second License screen, for
Activation Method
, select
Manual
and follow the directions on the screen.
To complete the setup
When the license activation has finished, the Platform
screen opens.
a. Verify the
Management Port
settings. If you are not
using a management interface, you must still type
an IP address and netmask (use fictitious ones) to
proceed with the setup.
b. For the
Host Name
, type a fully qualified domain
name, for example,
mywanjet.wanopt.net
.
c. Select the time zone.
d. Change and confirm the passwords for the
root
and
Admin
accounts.
e. Click
Next
to open the Local WANJet screen.
f. In the
WANJet Alias
box, optionally type a common
name for the WANJet appliance.
g. If you set up the local WANJet appliance using the
Bridge
menu on the LCD, verify that the addresses
you specified appear on this screen.
If you did not specify these addresses, type them in
the appropriate boxes.
h. Click
Save
.
To reboot
After you complete the Setup utility, you must reboot
the WANJet appliance from the command line. To
reboot, use a terminal emulator program (if you are
working locally using a serial console connected to the
WANJet appliance) or an SSH program. Log on to the
WANJet appliance and run the
reboot
command.
When the reboot has finished, you need to log on again
to continue using the browser interface.
7 Complete the WANJet 500 appliance setup
Log on to the appliance remotely through the browser interface, and use the Setup utility to activate the
license and complete the setup, as follows. For more detailed information, click the Help tab or refer to the
WANJet
®
Appliance Administrator Guide
.
8 Configure the WANJet 500 appliance
Use the browser interface, called the Configuration utility, to configure the WANJet appliance. For example, you can
change the default password, specify remote WANJet appliances, set up optimization and QoS policies, and create
static routes. For more information, click the Help tab, or consult the
WANJet
®
Appliance Administrator Guide
.
