Manual Chapter :
Getting started with F5 rSeries
Applies To:
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F5OS-A
- 1.3.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.0
Getting started with F5 rSeries
F5
rSeries
F5
rSeries
platforms are powerful systems that are designed specifically for application
delivery performance and scalability.This guide walks you through getting started with a new installation of an
rSeries
platform, including essential steps
like configuring DHCP, network settings, and tenants. After you complete these
procedures, your system will be running a basic configuration that includes a
tenant.Before you begin, be sure that you have this information:
- Proposed new passwords forrSeriesadmin and root accounts
- Proposed management IP addresses for the system (if not using DHCP)
- Proposed static management IP addresses for tenants (if not using DHCP)
- IP address of DHCP server running in network (if using DHCP)
- IP address of NTP server
- IP address of DNS server
- BIG-IP base registration key
For additional information on installing and configuring F5OS on
rSeries
systems, see the
documentation on the F5OS Knowledge Center at support.f5.com/csp/knowledge-center/software/F5OS. For information
about F5OS
software, see K03278510: F5OS-A and F5OS-C
software for F5 hardware platforms.Platform
installation overview
Platform
installation overviewFor detailed information about installing your platform, see
the document titled that is included with the chassis.
Setting Up the F5 r2000/r4000 rSeries Platform
or
Setting Up the F5 r5000/r10000 rSeries Platform
At a high level, to install the chassis into your data
center, you perform these tasks:
- Rack the chassis using the rack mount kit provided.
- Connect the power cables to the power supply units (PSUs) and apply power to the chassis.
- Connect the serial console cables, management interfaces, and networking cables.
Internal platform
network overview
platform
network overviewThe
rSeries
system uses an
internal platform
network for control
plane and management plane communication. Traffic on this internal network is
firewall-protected and is not exposed to a customer’s management network. The
internal network uses a predefined range of IP addresses, using 100.64.0.0/12
addressing, by default.IP addresses in the predefined range are reserved for
internal networking and cannot be used for any of the following:
- Management IP addresses for the system and tenants
- Any external service configured on therSeriessystem, such as a DNS server and NTP server
- Source IP addresses of any device used to communicate with therSeriessystem (such as a laptop, workstation, or other device that connects)
If your network uses addresses in the predefined range for any of the above,
you will not be able to access the
rSeries
system
from the management interfaces (including the CLI, webUI, or RESTCONF APIs). This is
only an issue if using 100.64.0.0/12 addresses for management IP addresses, external
servers, or source IP addresses described here. This does not affect data plane/in-band
interfaces.To prevent this issue,
F5
provides a procedure that
enables you to select a different internal IP address range during initial provisioning
of a system, as an alternative to using the default range. For more information on how
to change the internal network IP address range, see F5 rSeries Systems: Administration and
Configuration
at support.f5.com/csp/knowledge-center/software/F5OS.
