BIG-IP Platform Properties
Introduction to platform properties Part of managing a BIG-IP® system involves configuring and maintaining a certain set of system properties. These properties consist of general platform properties such as the BIG-IP system host name, IP address, and passwords for its system administrative accounts. To manage these properties, log in to the BIG-IP Configuration utility, and on the Main tab, expand System, and click Platform.
General properties You can configure these general properties for the BIG-IP system platform: • An IP address, netmask, and route for the management port • The host name for the BIG-IP system • The host IP address for the BIG-IP system • The time zone in which the BIG-IP system operates
Management port configuration To assign an IP address to the management port, you can either use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), or you can specify an IP address manually, using the BIG-IP Configuration utility.
The management port Every BIG-IP system has a management port. The management port is a special interface that the BIG-IP system uses to receive or send certain types of administrative traffic. You cannot use the management port for normal traffic that is slated for load balancing. Instead, the BIG-IP system uses the TMM switch interfaces for that type of traffic. TMM switch interfaces are those interfaces controlled by the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) service. Configuring the management port of a BIG-IP system means assigning an IP address to the port, supplying a netmask for the IP address, and specifying an IP address for the BIG-IP system to use as a default route. The IP address that you assign to the management port must be on a different network than the self IP addresses that you assign to VLANs. Note that specifying a default route for the management port is only necessary if you intend to manage the BIG-IP system from a node on a different subnet. Note
The IP address for the management port must be in IPv4 format.
BIG-IP® TMOS®: Concepts
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