Forum Discussion
Apr 17, 2014
The description can be edited via the gui. If it's disabled you either don't have the right permissions or you reside in the wrong partition.
If you want to edit the name that is trickier, and could be risky, as the name is used as a key in the v11 config:
To edit the name you must replace the old name in all configuration files on the unit and reload the config.
Config files are here:
/config/bigip.conf
/config/partitions/partitionname/bigip.conf
Or you can export the config as an scf and edit it that way.
I would advice against changing the name in production without a proper change window. Especially if you are not used to the command line interface.
/Patrik