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Doran_Lum_13484
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Nov 07, 2016

Difference between LTM Mgmt IP and Self IP

Hi all, why are we able to configure the F5 LTM using either F5 Mgmt or Self-IP address ?   I understand the Mgmt IP is solely use to configure the F5 at the inital stage and then later I start t...
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Jinshu
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Nov 07, 2016

You can access BIG IP GUI via self IP address (Consider it is not locked down) or management IP address.

 

I strongly suggest to aviod self IP address to use for any management related activities. There are situations like device offline etc where only management address will be active on system.

 

-Jinshu