Change the NIC used for BIG-IP VE managementΒΆ
By default, management traffic goes through the eth0
NIC and data traffic goes through the other available NICs.
If you need to use eth0
for data traffic, you can change the NIC that management traffic goes through.
- Use SSH to connect to BIG-IP VE.
- If you need to determine which NICs are available, stop TMM by typing
bigstart stop tmm
. Then typeip addr
to view the list of available NICs. - Change the management NIC by typing
tmsh modify sys db provision.managementeth value eth1
whereeth1
is the NIC you want to use for management. You can use any available NIC. - Press Enter.
- Reboot BIG-IP VE by typing
reboot
and then pressing Enter.
When BIG-IP VE is running again, you can use eth0
for data.
Note
After you change the NIC, you cannot use the tools in the Google Cloud Console to connect to BIG-IP VE (
and ).