HP ProLiant BL System Common Procedures Guide

Installing the F5 Networks BIG-IP Blade

Controller

This chapter provides instruction for the installation and configuration of the

F5 Networks BIG-IP Blade Controller. Have a list of the server blade IP address

available before beginning the procedures in this chapter.

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Installing the BIG-IP Blade Controller

Activating the License

Creating a Virtual IP and Pool

IMPORTANT: The BIG-IP Blade Controller is not supported by the HP ProLiant BL40p server

blade.

Installing the BIG-IP Blade Controller

To install the BIG-IP software on the HP ProLiant BL10e server blade or HP

ProLiant BL20p server blade, the network boot procedure known as a Pre-boot

Execution Environment (PXE) is used. Booting a server with the BIG-IP F5

Resource CD allows you to configure that server (host) to act as a PXE server. The

following sections provide procedures for installing the BIG-IP software:

Note: When installing the BIG-IP software on multiple server blades, it is recommended that

you install and license the software on one server blade at a time. This can be accomplished

by creating a private network with only the host PXE/install server then adding and the server

blades one at a time.

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