Manual Chapter : Network settings reference

Applies To:

  • F5OS-A

    1.0.1, 1.0.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

Network settings reference

Before you perform a software installation/upgrade, verify that you have configured network settings by logging in to the system from a management console using an admin account and running these commands on the CLI. When you log in to the system, you are in user mode. Before you can complete configuration tasks, you must first change to config mode by typing config. You can type a question mark (?) or press the Tab key to see possible command completions in the CLI.

Important: Be sure to commit all changes.

Task

Configuration example

Verify configuration

Enable DHCPImportant: If you do not enable DHCP, you must manually configure the system IP address, prefix, gateway, and DNS.

system mgmt-ip config dhcp-enabled true

show running-config system mgmt-ip config dhcp-enabled

Configure a static IPv4 management address

system mgmt-ip config ipv4 system address 192.0.2.10

show running-config system mgmt-ip

Configure a prefix length for a static IPv4 management address

system mgmt-ip config ipv4 prefix-length 24

Configure a gateway for a static IPv4 address

system mgmt-ip config ipv4 gateway 192.0.2.254

Configure a static IPv6 management address

system mgmt-ip config ipv6 system address 2001:db8:ffff:100::1

show running-config system mgmt-ip

Configure a prefix length for a static IPv6 management address

system mgmt-ip config ipv6 prefix-length 64

Configure a gateway for a static IPv6 address

system mgmt-ip config ipv6 gateway 2001:db8:ffff:100::fffe

Configure an IPv4 DNS server

system dns servers server 192.0.2.1

show running-config system dns

Configure an NTP server

system ntp servers server pool.ntp.org config address pool.ntp.org

show running-config system ntp