Device Trust Issues

Just to give a little backstory on what I am trying to get working here, I have linked an f5 article here. https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip-aam/manuals/product/aam-network-configuration-11-6-0/1.htmlunique_1770456894 I can confirm that I am not using the management ip address when entering the peer device. My problem is that the management ports have not been setup at this point (they are not being used). The devices are currently communicating through only the 1 VLAN connection (1.1). Is there a way to setup a device trust without using the management ports? From my understanding, the management ports were really just there in case you lose network connectivity and needed to manage the device locally. But I could be wrong.