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Jordan_M
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Jan 29, 2020

BIG-IP i5820-DF reboot takes 15~ minutes

I have F5 VEs as well as physical F5s. My physicals are the i5820s. Whenever they are booting, it takes roughly 15-20 minutes to come up. With my VEs it takes maybe 5 minutes. After discussing with o...
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Dojs
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The appliance -DF contain FIPS, this feature could take more time to crypt all the informations inside. After 15-20 min it starts and works well or with error? How many VS do you have inside? How use FIPS, HSM features?

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Jordan_M
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Jan 30, 2020

We are in FIPS mode. That could very well be what it is but I believe they were that way prior to STIG implementation. It does start well with zero errors while running that I'm aware of. Very few virtual servers. Overall load is small.

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    jaikumar_f5
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    Jan 31, 2020

    Can you open a F5 support case and rule this out.​

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    Jordan_M
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    Feb 02, 2020

    That's the current plan to rule out STIGs as well as a few other things. Was hoping that someone here might have seen something similar. ​