
Additional Base Network Configuration
BIG-IP® Reference Guide 3-1
Introduction
Setting up the base network for BIG-IP means configuring elements such as
the BIG-IP host name, a default gateway pool, interface media settings, and
VLANs and self IP addresses. Configuration tasks for the BIG-IP base
network are performed using the BIG-IP Setup utility. For information on
using the Setup utility, see Chapter 2, Using the Setup Utility.
Once you have configured the base network elements with the Setup utility,
you might want to further enhance the configuration of these elements. This
chapter provides the information you need to perform these additional
configuration tasks. You can perform these tasks using either the
Configuration utility or the bigpipe command.
Elements you might want to further configure after running Setup are:
◆ Interfaces
You can set the media type and the duplex mode for an interface, as well
as display interface status.
◆ VLANs
VLAN options include tagging and assigning interfaces to VLANs. In
addition, you can group separate VLANs together for the purpose of
bridging packets between them.
◆ Self IP addresses
You can change self IP addresses or create any number of additional self
IP addresses for a VLAN.
If your BIG-IP is an IP Application Switch, you also have three other
BIG-IP features you can configure:
◆ Trunks
Trunks are aggregated links. In link aggregation, interfaces can be
combined into a trunk to increase bandwidth in an additive manner. The
other benefit of link aggregation is link fail-over. If one link in a trunk
goes down, traffic is simply redistributed over the remaining links.
◆ Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
STP domains provide for loop resolution in configurations where one or
more external switches is connected in parallel with an IP Application
Switch.
◆ Port mirroring
This allows you to copy traffic from any interface or set of interfaces on
a BIG-IP Application Switch to a single, separate interface. Typically
you would install a sniffer device on the target port for debugging and/or
monitoring.
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