Post-Setup Tasks
3-DNS® Administrator Guide 4 - 1
Introduction
Setting up the base network for the 3-DNS Controller means configuring
elements such as the 3-DNS Controller host name, a default gateway pool,
interface media settings, and VLANs and self IP addresses. Configuration
tasks for the BIG-IP base network are performed using the Setup utility. For
information on using the Setup utility, see Chapter 3, Using the Setup
Utility.
Once you have configured the base network elements with the Setup utility,
you might want to further enhance the configuration of these elements. This
chapter provides the information you need to perform these additional
configuration tasks. You can perform these tasks using either the
Configuration utility or the bigpipe command line utility.
Elements you might want to further configure after running Setup are:
◆Interfaces
You can set the media type and the duplex mode for an interface, as well
as display interface status.
◆VLANs
VLAN options include tagging, and assigning interfaces to VLANs. In
addition, you can group separate VLANs together for the purpose of
bridging packets between them.
◆Self IP addresses
You can change self IP addresses or create any number of additional self
IP addresses for a VLAN.
◆Additional host names
You can insert additional host names and IP addresses for network
devices into the /etc/hosts file. For example, you can insert host names
for the IP addresses that you will assign to virtual servers, and host
names for standard devices such as your routers, network interface cards,
and servers.
◆General networking
You can configure a default route, as well as dynamic routing, DNS, and
email.
Note
Once you have configured the base network, you can configure the
high-level network. Examples of elements you configure as part of the
high-level network are: Pools, rules, proxies, and network address
translation (SNATs and NATs).