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 - 9
Activating the license
Once you have loaded the BIG-IP software onto the target server blade(s),
you must have a valid license certificate to activate the software. To gain a
license certificate, you need to provide two items to the license server: a
registration key and a dossier.
The registration key is a 25-character string that lets the license server know
which F5 Networks’ products you are entitled to license. If you downloaded
the BIG-IP software, you should have received the registration key by email.
Otherwise, you can find it on the back of the CD case.
You obtain the dossier from the BIG-IP kernel; the dossier is an encrypted
list of key platform characteristics that the BIG-IP software uses to identify
the platform, and to enforce or restrict activation on the platform.
You can obtain a license certificate using one of the following methods:
◆ Automatic license activation
This method is for systems that have direct Internet access. You perform
automatic license activation from the BIG-IP command line or from the
BIG-IP Configuration utility, which is the BIG-IP software user
interface. The automatic license activation method automatically
retrieves and submits the dossier to the F5 Networks license server and
installs the signed license certificate. For this method to succeed, the
target blade server system must be installed on a network with direct
Internet access.
◆ Manual license activation
This method is for systems that run behind a firewall or in other network
environments that do not have direct Internet access. This process
requires that you have an administrative workstation that can access both
the BIG-IP system and the Internet. You perform manual license
activation using the BIG-IP Configuration utility. With the manual
license activation method, you manually submit the dossier to, and
retrieve the signed license file from, the F5 Networks license server. For
this method to succeed, the administrative workstation must have direct
Internet access.
Note
You can run the Configuration utility using Netscape® Navigator, version
4.7, or Microsoft® Internet Explorer, versions 5.0 or 5.5.