F5 VLAN

The safest option here is to create the two new VLANs and assign them to STP and relevant interfaces etc. as necessary. Then remove the Self IPs and any routing entries associated with them from the 5x VLANs and recreate with the 4x ones. This will involve downtime.

 

 

Alternatively you could effectively stop all LTM/TMM services and edit the configuration files manually changing all instances of 5x with 4x and then starting up again. However, if you miss anything the config will probably fail to load until you find and fix the issue.

thank you for the response.

 

 

Could you please paste the command for the 2nd alternate option - of editing the configuration files and manually changing all instances of 5x with 4x. Infact, all command steps for editing the VLANs in the config file.

Genseek, for option two you just need to use your preferred CLI text editor (such as vi or pico) to edit the files in the /config directory. It'll just be a case of searching for and replacing any instances of VLAN related config you find. To shut down all services before you do this: bigstart stop * should do it I think. Then use the same command but start to start up again.

thanks Steve. That is exactly what i meed

 

 

What is the cmd to edit the files in /config directory. I mean how to get into the config file...then will search and change the vlan name...and then using what cmd we save the file back.

 

 

Genseek, do you have any friends or colleagues who know their way around Linux? I can give you this info but if you don't know what you're doing or make a mistake you could really break things!

I do not have friends with linux touch. So, please share the commands and i will ensure while making the change nothing is broken.

 

Also, please let me know if it is MANDATORY to learn Linux to get experts hands on with commands on F5 box? If so, please advice how would you suggest i can go about getting grip over linux.

 

 

-genseek

OK. I'd certainly suggest that from a management and configuration point of view you should at least understand how to navigate the file system and edit files.

 

 

Regarding learning resources, just Google it. I found this which might make a good start around the filesystem: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ and this for editing using vi: http://acms.ucsd.edu/info/vi_tutorial.html

 

 

So, for what you want to do, starting from the Advanced Shell;

 

 

*cd /config Move to config directory

 

*ls List files

 

*vi 'filename' Edit a file

 

*Enter /500 to search for the string 500

 

*Change the 5 to a 4 (put cursor under 5, hit delete, press i, enter 4, press ESC)

 

*Enter / to search for the next match

 

*Continue till you've done the whole file

 

*Enter :w:q to save and quit

 

*Repeat with next file etc.

Thank you Steve, thanks a lot indeed for the information, guidance and advice.

 

 

However, am not able to locate the 'download' option in the above link on HMS link.