Installation guide

Chapter 7
Connecting the Switch to the Network
7 - 4
Connect the console terminal to the serial Console port (RJ-45) on the SCM.
An RJ-45 to DB9 adapter is included in the installation kit if you want to
connect to your management station’s serial DB9 port.
Booting the Switch
The initial-boot script runs automatically at switch start-up. It prompts for
basic configuration and security information required to access the switch
and manage it remotely.
At the console terminal, boot the switch as follows:
1. Power-on the switch (as shown in Powering Up the Chassis
, on
page 6-12). After some boot-up messages, the following prompt
appears:
Press<Enter>tostarttheSwitchConfigurationWizard.
2. Press <Enter> as prompted.
Several questions appear, prompting you for basic network information
(such as management-IP address, mask, and gateway). These questions
comprise the initial-boot script. Answer these questions as they come up.
Examples and instructions appear in the subsections below.
Sample: Booting a Non-Replacement Switch
This sample shows the simplest initial-boot scenario, for a new
(non-replacement) switch that is either standalone or the first member of a
redundant pair. The sample answers are not necessarily appropriate to the
following scenarios:
• this replaces a defunct switch,
• this will join a running switch as its redundant peer, or
• this switch is being re-installed after F5 personnel performed a
“Manufacturing Installation” on a previously-running switch.
Later sections discuss these contingencies and how to handle each of them.
The answers below apply to the simplest case only. Sample answers are
shown in bold text:
F5ARXSwitchStartup
ThisF5ARXswitchdoesnotcurrentlyhavecriticalsystem
informationprogrammed.Thefollowingwizardpromptsyou
forthisinformation.Youcanconnecttotheswitchthrough
theout‐of‐bandmanagementinterfacewhenyoufinish.
Torestartthec onfigurationprogram,enter'r'atanyprompt.
Acknowledgeacceptanceofthe
followingtermsandconditions