Before you configure Link Controller on a BIG-IP device, make sure you complete the following:

• Install the BIG-IP hardware with an initial network configuration applied.
• Provision Link Controller at the level Nominal or Dedicated.
• Configure the management IP address, network mask, and management route on the BIG-IP system.
• Designate the host name of the system as a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
• Define the user name and password on the system that you will use when logging in to the BIG-IP Configuration utility.
• License the appropriate BIG-IP software.

1. On the Main tab, click Network > VLANs. The VLAN List screen opens.
2. Click Create. The New VLAN screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type the name of the first VLAN.
4. In the Tag field, type a numeric tag, from 1-4094, for the VLAN, or leave the field blank if you want the BIG-IP system to automatically assign a VLAN tag. The VLAN tag identifies the traffic from hosts in the associated VLAN.
5. If you want to use Q-in-Q (double) tagging, use the Customer Tag setting to perform the following two steps. If you do not see the Customer Tag setting, your hardware platform does not support Q-in-Q tagging and you can skip this step.
   1. From the Customer Tag list, select Specify.
   2. Type a numeric tag, from 1-4094, for the VLAN.
   The customer tag specifies the inner tag of any frame passing through the VLAN.
6. For the Interfaces setting:
   1. From the Interface list, select an interface number.
   2. From the Tagging list, select Tagged or Untagged. Select Tagged when you want traffic for that interface to be tagged with a VLAN ID.
   3. If you specified a numeric value for the Customer Tag setting and from the Tagging list you selected Tagged, then from the Tag Mode list, select a value.
   4. Click Add.
7. Click Finished.
8. Repeat these steps to create two additional VLANs.

1. On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Pools. The Pools list screen opens.
2. Click Create.
3. In the Name field, type a name for the pool. Names must begin with a letter, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the underscore (_) character.
   Important: The pool name is limited to 63 characters.
4. In the New Members area, add the IP addresses associated with each link.
   1. In the Address field, type the IP address.
   2. Click Add.
5. Click Finished.

1. On the Main tab, click Network > Routes.
2. Click Add. The New Route screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type a unique name.
4. From the Resource list, select Use Pool.
5. From the Pool list, select default_gateway_pool.
6. Click Finished.

1. On the Main tab, click Link Controller > Links. The Links List screen opens.
2. Click Create.
3. In the Name field, type a name for the link that represents one of the ISPs.
4. In the Router Address field, type the IP address of the router associated with the ISP.
5. In the Uplink Address field, type the IP address that corresponds with the external Internet connection.
6. In the Service Provider field, type the name of the ISP.
7. For the Health Monitors setting, from the Available list, select bigip_link and gateway_icmp and move the monitors to the Enabled list.
8. Click Create.
9. Repeat these steps to create the second service provider link.

1. On the Main tab, click Link Controller > Listeners. The Listeners List screen opens.
2. Click Create. The Listeners properties screen opens.
3. In the Destination field, type the self IP address on which the Link Controller listens for traffic.
4. Click Finished.
5. Repeat these steps to create the second listener.

1. On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Pools. The Pool List screen opens.
2. Click Create. The New Pool screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type a unique name for the pool. Names must begin with a letter, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the underscore (_) character.
   Important: The pool name is limited to 63 characters.
4. For the Health Monitors setting, from the Available list, select the http monitor and move the monitor to the Active list.
5. Click Finished.

1. On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Virtual Servers. The Virtual Server List screen opens.
2. Click the Create button. The New Virtual Server screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type a unique name for the virtual server.
4. In the Destination Address field, type the IP address you want to use for the virtual server.
5. In the Service Port field, type 80, or select HTTP from the list.
6. Click Finished.
7. Repeat these steps to create the second virtual server.

1. On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Virtual Servers. The Virtual Server List screen opens.
2. Click the Create button. The New Virtual Server screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type a unique name for the virtual server.
4. For the Destination setting, select Network, and type 0.0.0.0 in the Address field and 0.0.0.0 in the Mask field.
5. In the Service Port field, type 0.
   Note: Port 0 defines a wildcard virtual server that handles all types of services. If you specify a port number, you create a port-specific wildcard virtual server. In that case, the wildcard virtual server handles traffic only for the specified port.
6. In the Resources area, from the Default Pool list, select default_gateway_pool.
7. Click Finished.

1. On the Main tab, click Link Controller > Inbound Wide IPs. The Wide IP List screen opens.
2. Click Create. The New Wide IP screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type a name for the wide IP.
4. From the Load Balancing Method list, make selections from the Preferred, Alternate, and Fallback lists.
5. For the Member List field, add the virtual servers that you created previously.
   1. From the Virtual Server list, select a virtual server.
   2. Click Add.
6. Click Finished.