Specifications

BIG-IP Software on the Dell PowerEdge 1655MC Blade Server System
BIG-IP® Platform Guide for the Dell® PowerEdge 1655MC Blade Server System 1 - 1
Getting started
The BIG-IP Platform Guide for the Dell PowerEdge 1655MC Blade
Server System is designed to help you install and activate the BIG-IP®
software on your Dell® PowerEdge 1655MC blade server system.
Before you begin installing the BIG-IP software, we recommend that you
refer to the following sections of the BIG-IP software documentation.
◆ Browse the first chapter of the BIG-IP Reference Guide; read the
general information about the BIG-IP products family, and familiarize
yourself with the basics of the configuration tool.
◆ Look through the BIG-IP Solutions Guide to find the load balancing
solution that most closely matches your load balancing needs.
◆ Briefly review the basic configuration tasks, and note the few pieces of
network information that you should gather, such as IP addresses and
host names.
All of the BIG-IP system documentation is available for download from the
BIG-IP system CD. To access the documentation on the CD, place the disk
in a computer with a Windows® operating system that supports autorun.
The operating system opens a browser page that lists all of the documents
and resources available on the CD. You can also download the manuals by
navigating to the /doc directory on the CD.
Once you have looked through the BIG-IP system documentation and have
some basic familiarity with the BIG-IP software, you can begin to install the
BIG-IP software on your Dell PowerEdge 1655MC blade server system.
The following section gives you a brief overview of the tasks you have to
complete.
Task overview
To get the BIG-IP software up and running on the Dell PowerEdge 1655MC
blade server system, you complete the following basic tasks:
◆ Optimize your blade server system hardware for the BIG-IP software.
(See Installing the hardware, on page 1-2.)
◆ Install the BIG-IP software on the blade server system.
(See Installing the BIG-IP software, on page 1-6.)
◆ Activate the BIG-IP software license.
(See Activating the license, on page 1-9.)
◆ Run the Setup utility.
(See Using the Setup utility, on page 1-12.)
◆ Set up the BIG-IP software configuration.
(See Setting up a basic BIG-IP software configuration, on page 1-13.)
◆ Back up your configuration data and license information.
(See Performing backup and recovery, on page 1-15.)