Installation guide

Booting the Switch
ARX
®
6000 Hardware Installation Guide 7 - 11
Sample: Replacing a Redundant Peer
This sample script uses the private subnet, the UUID, and the master key to
replace a failed peer.
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
byentering'yes'atthenextquestion.
1.Press<Enter>tocontinue.#<Enter>
LICENSEAGREEMENT
...
2.Enter'yes'toacceptthesetermsandconditions
intheformat'yes'or'no'.#yes
Theswitch'smanagementportrequiresanIPaddressandmask.
3.Enterthemanagementport
IPaddress
intheformatnnn.nnn.nnn.nnnor'none'.#10.1.27.69
4.Enterthemanagementportsubnetmask
intheformatnnn.nnn.nnn.nnn.(default=255.0.0.0)#255.255.255.0
Theswitch'smanagementportrequiresagatewayIPaddress.
5.EnterthegatewayIPaddressforthemanagementinterface
intheformatnnn.nnn.nnn.nnnor'none'.(default=10.1.1.1)#10.1.27.1
This next question invokes the questions for switch replacement:
Aswitchreplacementrequiresadditionalconfigurationquestions.
6.Areyoudoingaswitchreplacement?
intheformat'yes'or'no'.(default=no)#yes
Theswitch'sinternalsubnetrequiresanIPaddressandmask.
7.Entertheswitch'sprivateIPaddress
intheformatnnn.nnn.nnn.nnn.(default=169.254.11.0)#169.254.17.0
8.Entertheswitch'sprivatesubnetmask
in
theformatnnn.nnn.nnn.nnn.(default=255.255.255.0)#<Enter>
TheprivatesubnetVLANisusedexternallyforredundancytraffic.
BesurethisvaluedoesnotconflictwithexistingVLANIDs.
9.Enterthechassis'sprivatesubnetVLAN
intheformatinteger[1‐4095].(default=1002)#1008<Enter>
TheprivatesubnetmetalogVLANisusedforstoringfile
‐change
logsonbattery‐backedNVRAM,possiblyonaredundantpeer.
BesurethisvaluedoesnotconflictwithexistingVLANIDs.
10.Enterthechassis'sprivatesubnetmetalogVLAN