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f5madhav_288961
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusInitial network configuration of Big IP
Hi,
We are beginners and setting up BigIP using the VCloud director VE trial version. I have currently setup the following and able to access the management console and will proceed with the int...
James_Thomson
Employee
EmployeeBy default, the OVF template creates 4 total nics, 1 mgmt and 3 for dataplane. In the F5 conifguration, the first shows up as the "mgmt" interface. The rest show up as 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.
In VMware, If you assign a network to nic 2 and nic 3, then they will work on the BIG-IP. If you don't assign anything, then the F5 configuration will just not be able to use 1.2 or 1.3 but that should be fine if you don't need them.
In short, I think it looks fine if you only need to use one dataplane interface.
