A newly deployed BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) in VMware requires initial configuration of itsmanagement-ipaddress so it can be accessed over the network. F5 provides several valid mechanisms during initial console access:
A. Running the config utility
The config script is available on new BIG-IP installations and VE deployments.
It launches a guided text-based wizard allowing configuration of:
Management IP
Netmask
Default route
This is a standard and recommended method during first-time setup.
B. Using TMSH with create sys management-ip
Administrators can enter TMSH directly from the console and run:
create sys management-ip /
The management-ip object resides undersys, not under ltm or any other module.
This is the correct tmsh method for defining the management interface address.
Why the other options are incorrect:
C. create ltm management-ip
There isnosuch object under /ltm.
LTM handles traffic objects (virtual servers, pools), not system management interfaces.
D. Running the setup command
The setup command is used for general system configuration butdoes not configure the management-ip.
It is not the supported method for initial management IP assignment on VE deployments.
Therefore, the valid methods are running theconfigutility and using thesys management-ipcommand within TMSH.
