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truner_94304
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Mar 22, 2007

BIG-IP-2000 Bundled or Unbundled? What is the difference?

I have 2 BIG-IP 2000 switches and when I pulled the serial information from F5 then this is the info I got for one unit:

 

 

F5-BIG-2000,R,C,U BIG-IP 2000, REDUNDANT, CRYPTO, UNBUNDLED

 

 

and this is what came up for the other unit:

 

 

F5-BIG-2000,R,C BIG-IP 2000, REDUNDANT, CRYPTO, BUNDLED

 

 

Anyone know the difference?

 

 

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2 Replies

  • Tech_Imp_40243's avatar
    Tech_Imp_40243
    Historic F5 Account
    Mar 23, 2007
    It looks like either a different SKU was purchased for the second unit. To be sure, you could contact support and ask them to check for you. You will need the BigIP serial numbers off each box and it is a pretty straight forward thing for them to do.

     

     

  • Mark_Harris_608's avatar
    Mark_Harris_608
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    Mar 23, 2007
    Previous F5 SKU's would bundle in things like installation into the price. The installation portion of the SKU was only required for one of the systems, and of course the other was installed at the same time. Most additional items were bundled with a pair of boxes and only one had the additional options.

     

     

    It's really nothing to worry about, but I would check with support (or check AskF5.com) to see when End-of-Support (EoS) is for that particular model as the 2000 was replaced by the 2400 model and you may be facing an earlier EoS than normal because of that.