Configuration admin access:-
After the licensing process complete, BIG-IP automatically launches the setup utility, which is actually a component of the overall web configuration utility.The primary purpose of the setup utility is to configure administrative access to the BIG-IP. You can configure the password for the root user of the command line interface and for the admin user of the web interface. You can also configure hostname for the BIG-IP as well as a variety of other settings.
Setup utility --> platform --> 1. Root account
2. Admin account
3. Host account
--> Click next
Configuring network information
Basic network configuration allows you to create two V-lans internal and external then IP address and interfaces to both V-Lans.
Click next to continue with basic network configuration. The first configuration screen is for the internal V-lan. You can assign self IP address and net mask for your internal V-lans. Note that port lockdown field. Port lockdown is a security feature that allows you to limit which ports are listening on the self IP address. You can also configure interfaces and V-Lan tags if needed and if redundant pair was specified, a floating IP address and Failover-peer.
Clicking not displaying an almost identical screen for configuring the external V-lan. Once you have configured both V-lans, the intial setup is complete.
Web configuration utility: Functionality :-
You can use the web configuration utility for variety of configuration takes, such as setting up virtual servers, pods, monitors and SNATs and also perform monitoring.
In additional provides convenient access to downloads
Configuration Monitors Downloads
Vertual server Network traffic SNMP MIB
Pools current connection
Monitors Operating system
SNATs
Web config utility :- interface
In web configuration utility, you access various functions. There are some tabs in the panel. The tabs common to all BIG-IP products are.
Overview :- from which you can download documentation and run the setup utility.
Templates & Wizards :- for creating common configurations.
Network:- for configuring network routing and switching.
Systems:- for backing up yours configurations and releasing the system.
Local traffic :- this appears BIG-IP is licensed for LTM. This tab is where will configure most LTM feature and where you will be spending most of your time.
You can also configure BIG-IP using a command line interface (CLI). You access through either the BIG-IP serial console remotely via SSH.
Backing up your configuration
BIG-IP backs up its configuration to a user configuration set (UCS) file.
The UCS file is actually composed of a series of files command into a single compressed file that can be stored on the BIG-IP or downloaded to another system. Note also that the UCS file contains the BIG-IP license.
To access or create backup files, select the system tab in the web configuration utility, and then select archives.
This open the archive screen from which you can upload existing backup files BIG-IP or create new backup files.
Systems --> archives
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