Specifications

Installing the IP Application Switch Platform
Platform Guide: 1500, 3400, 6400, and 6800 2 - 3
Figure 2.2 Platform installed in a 19" rack
To connect the cables and hardware for input/output
1. Connect the hardware that you have chosen to use for input/output.
For details about connecting the system to a management
workstation or network, see Chapter 2, Connecting a Management
Workstation or Network, in Installation, Licensing, and Upgrades
for BIG-IP Systems.
• If you are using a serial terminal as the console, connect the serial
cable supplied by F5 Networks to the console port (number 2 in
Figure 1.5, on page 1-5).
• If you are using an Ethernet connection, connect a management
workstation to the management interface (number 1 in Figure 1.5,
on page 1-5).
2. If you have a hardware-based redundant system, connect the
fail-over cable to the fail-over port on each unit (number 3 in Figure
1.5, on page 1-5).
3. Connect the power cable to the power input panel (number 2 in
Figure 1.7, on page 1-6), and then connect it to the power source.
4. Turn on the unit and begin licensing the system. For details about
licensing the BIG-IP system, see Chapter 3, Licensing and
Configuring the BIG-IP System, in Installation, Licensing, and
Upgrades for BIG-IP Systems.