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How can the BIG-IP Administrator tell when an unlicensed module has been provisioned?
The BIG-IP system has built-in licensing enforcement.
If an administrator provisions a module that the device is not licensed to run, the system will still allow the provisioning action to occur initially, but the system detects the mismatch and displays an alert.
What actually happens:
The GUI places a warning banner in the upper-left corner labeled something similar to:
''Provisioning Warning''
This appears immediately after provisioning a module that is not included in the active license.
The system remains in an ''inconsistent state'' until the module is disabled again or the license is updated.
This is the visual cue BIG-IP uses to indicate that a module was provisioned without valid licensing.
Why the other options are incorrect:
A . ''A BIG-IP does not allow unlicensed modules to be provisioned.''
Not true. BIG-IP does allow provisioning, but warns afterward.
B . ''A warning will appear when provisioning an unlicensed module.''
The warning does not appear during the provisioning step itself.
It appears after provisioning, in the main GUI, as a system banner.