HP ProLiant BL System Common Procedures Guide

Installing the F5 Networks BIG-IP Blade Controller
Automatically Activating a License from the Command Line
Interface
To automatically activate a license from the command line interface:
1. Log into the server blade. At the logon prompt, enter the user name:
root and
the password:
default.
2. At the prompt, enter
license. The following prompts are displayed:
IP:
Netmask:
Default Route:
1.1, 1.2
Select interface to use to retrieve license
3. Enter the appropriate value for each prompt (the server blade 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. Enter Y. The following prompt is displayed:
Registration Key:
5. Enter the 25-character registration key. The dossier is retrieved and sent to the F5
Networks license server, and a signed license file is returned and installed. A
message is displayed 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 then accept it.
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