F5 ARX-2000, Replacement Script

Page 1: ...ARX 2000 D108 RMA4 Replacement Script Full Appliance March 20 2011 Version 1 03...

Page 2: ...SWITCH 7 STEP 1 TAG ALL CABLES 7 STEP 2 POWER DOWN CHASSIS 7 STEP 3 REMOVE ALL CABLES 8 STEP 4 REMOVE CHASSIS 8 STEP 5 REPLACE CHASSIS 9 STEP 6 RECONNECT CABLES AND POWER ON CHASSIS 9 STEP 7 ENSURE R...

Page 3: ...2 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved ARX2000 Chassis Overview Front with Bezel...

Page 4: ...omponent Description A NVRAM NV Non Volatile RAM battery B Power LED power button and reset button Indicates that power has been applied C Drive Bays 2 redundant 150GB internal SATA hard drives D Ethe...

Page 5: ...ns Callout Feature Function A Alarm LED Indicates various alarm states When blinking the LEDs blink ON for a half second and OFF for a half second For details on the LED colors and blinking patterns s...

Page 6: ...and patterns that occur during various operational states such as booting diagnostics and so on Alarm LED Status LED Module State Off Green Offline Red Green blinking In the process of booting Off Amb...

Page 7: ...hts reserved console terminal and the command line interface CLI B Out of Band Management Port Used to access the CLI or GUI from the management network C Power Supplies and fans 2 power supplies 1 1...

Page 8: ...of the backup switch for the Field Tech Step 1 Tag all cables Instruct the Field Tech to label each network cable with the name of the port to which it is connected Step 2 Power down chassis Instruct...

Page 9: ...ding power cables Step 4 Remove chassis Instruct the Field Tech to slide the chassis out the front of the rack until the rails lock in place Instruct the Field Tech to rotate the locks at the front of...

Page 10: ...Field Tech to press the purple lever on the outside of the rails and push the unit into the rack see Fig 10 Instruct the Field Tech to place the failed unit into the shipping container that was used t...

Page 11: ...RX 2500 but the 2 new interview questions DNS and BRK did not exist in releases earlier than 6 0 0 The initial interview would get the appliance up and running on the release that it is shipped with T...

Page 12: ...license server The license server returns a license that can only be applied to that device This license sets the feature limits of the box The limits that are enforced by licensing are designed to be...

Page 13: ...UUID ARX1 b51af944 02db 11e0 a310 f3554fa47bb1 Chassis Chassis Type Model Number HW Ver Serial ARX 2000 ARX2000URLX 02010003 Via the ARX Manager GUI Obtain base registration key BRK During the beta p...

Page 14: ...te the license on your ARX Running Through initial interview wizard of license aware software without a pre programmed base registration key In most cases the base registration key will be pre program...

Page 15: ...ed Each licensing scenario is covered below for the ARX Manager and the CLI You only need to perform one activation method ARX Manager based automatic activation Complete Initial setup wizard to add p...

Page 16: ...etworks Inc All rights reserved Enter Base Registration Key from email If the key was entered during the interview wizard or by F5 manufacturing it will be prepopulated for you Activation Method Selec...

Page 17: ...16 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Accept the terms of the EULA Click Next...

Page 18: ...17 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved License is successfully activated Click Finish...

Page 19: ...tered during the interview wizard and was not pre programmed on the ARX STSTEPHEN license activate base reg key GABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDE ABCD ABCDEFG INFO The license has been successfully activated NOTE...

Page 20: ...Inc All rights reserved Registration Key Enter Base Registration Key from email If the key was entered during the interview wizard or by F5 manufacturing it will be prepopulated for you Activation Me...

Page 21: ...20 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Manual Method Select Copy Paste...

Page 22: ...21 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Right click in the Dossier window choose Select All Right click in the Dossier window choose copy...

Page 23: ...22 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Click the link to access the F5 licensing server NOTE you must be on the F5 Network or logged into the VPN...

Page 24: ...23 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Click the Activate License link Right click in the Enter your dossier box and choose Paste Click Next...

Page 25: ...24 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Agree to the terms of the EULA and click Next Right click in the license window choose Select All Right click in the license window choose copy...

Page 26: ...25 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Right click in License window and choose Paste...

Page 27: ...26 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Click Next...

Page 28: ...27 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved License is successfully activated Click Finish...

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Page 30: ...29 Copyright 2010 F5 Networks Inc All rights reserved Click the Activate License link Right click in the Enter your dossier box and choose Paste Click Next Agree to the terms of the EULA and click Nex...

Page 31: ...ce file arx license to destination file arx license completed successfully Activate your license STSTEPHEN license activate file arx license INFO The license has been successfully activated NOTE If it...

Page 32: ...s Inc All rights reserved Version History Version Date MM DD YYYY Author Comments 1 02 01 21 2011 Yuri Yulaev Added Appendix A 103 02 17 2011 Yuri Yulaev Added sections re LEDs and Appendix for NVRAM...