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BIG-IP Link Controller
- 11.6.5, 11.6.4, 11.6.3, 11.6.2, 11.6.1
Overview: Configuring the Link Controller system to manage traffic
The BIG-IP Link Controller provides a variety of methods for managing the traffic flowing in and out of a network. In order to integrate Link Controller into your network to manage traffic, you must complete a specific set of tasks for the capabilities of Link Controller to be available to you.
The following illustration shows a network for configuring the Link Controller system to manage Internet traffic on two connections using two different Internet service providers (ISPs).

About the initial setup of Link Controller
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.
Task summary
Use the tasks in this implementation to integrate BIG-IP Link Controller into your network. After completed, you can configure a variety of methods for managing the traffic flowing in and out of a network, including cost-based and bandwidth load balancing.