Specifications
Chapter 1
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To automatically activate a license from the command line
1. At the logon prompt on the command line, type the user name root
and the password default.
2. At the prompt, type license.
The following prompts display:
IP:
Netmask:
Default Route:
1.1, 1.2
Select interface to use to retrieve license
3. Type the appropriate value for each prompt (the blade server system
uses this information to make an Internet connection), and continue
to the following prompt:
The Registration Key should have been included with the
BIG-IP software or given when the order was placed.
Do you have your Registration Key? [Y/N]:
4. Type Y, and the following prompt appears:
Registration Key:
5. Type the 25-character registration key you have received.
The dossier is retrieved and sent to the F5 Networks license server,
and a signed license file is returned and installed. A message
appears indicating the process was successful.
6. To finish the licensing process, if you have not previously accepted
an End User License Agreement (EULA), proceed to the EULA
acceptance screen, review the EULA, and accept it.
To automatically activate a license using the Configuration
utility
1. Open a browser from the administrative workstation, and open the
Configuration utility using the following address:
https://192.168.1.245.
This is a default address on the server blade’s local area network.
2. Type the user name root and the password default at the log on
prompt.
The Configuration utility menu displays.
3. Click License Utility to open the License Administration screen.
4. In the Registration Key box, type the 25-character registration key
that you received, and click Automated Authorization.
The License Status screen displays status messages, and Process
complete appears when the licensing activation is complete.
5. Click License Terms, review the EULA, and accept it.
6. At the Reboot Prompt screen, select when you want to reboot the
server blade.
You must reboot the server blade to complete the license activation.