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David_130214
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusIs there a guide to set up a LTM VE in an internal environment only?
Hello Everyone,
I'm looking into the correct way to set up a LTM VE in our QA environment so we can match our production environment more closely. The following is the main details or possible ...
shaggyNimbostratus
Nimbostratustechnically the management interface doesn't need to be connected to anything (i'd still give it an address since BIGIPs use them as device identifiers in some code levels). you can use the internal interface/self-IP address to manage the device by configuring "port lockdown" of the self-IP to "allow default". DO NOT do this if the self-IP is publicly accessible.
David_130214Thanks shaggy. Do you have to have an internal and external VLAN?- shaggyyou only need one prod VLAN if you're doing a one-arm configuration using SNAT
- David_130214The setup forces you setup both. Do you set the external to equal the internal or do you have to setup another way? Thanks for you help!
- shaggyif you're using the setup wizard, give the external interface a dummy self-IP address, and delete the self-IP address and external vlan after the wizard is complete