BIG-IP LBL 1500

If you don't have specific questions about the load balancing scenario, you might get more information from an F5 salesperson. In general, the 1500 would be able to perform SSL offloading and load balancing. Determining which platform/hardware specs you need is highly dependent on the load you want to handle and what you want to do with the traffic.

 

 

Aaron

hi,

 

I have got a problem with my BIG-IP 1500 system.

 

I was doing a BIGIP V.9.1.2 clean install, when the BIG-IP exited the installation process and came back to the shell prompt.

 

i rebooted the system but it would not boot anymore to the pre-installed OS.

 

I got the below error message on the console :

 

 

--------------MESSAGE BEGINS HERE---------------

 

System is booting, please wait...

 

Press Ctrl-c to stop autoboot: 5 4 3 2 1 0

 

kernel.core_uses_pid = 0

 

kernel.core_pattern = /var/core/%e.sccp.core

 

 

Host Console Shell --- Press ( for command menu.

 

 

-------------MESSAGE BEGINS END ------------------

 

 

The BIG-IP system stops at the above location and when I press "( " as displayed on the console,

 

I get the below command menu :

 

 

-----------MENU STARTS HERE---------------

 

[hostconsh] Command Menu:

 

 

1 --- Connect to Host subsystem console

 

2 --- Select Host subsystem boot mode: boot from local drive

 

3 --- Select Host subsystem boot mode: netboot manufacturing test

 

4 --- Select Host subsystem boot mode: netboot from external server

 

5 --- Reboot Host subsystem (sends reboot command)

 

6 --- Halt Host subsystem (sends halt command)

 

7 --- Reset Host subsystem (issues hardware reset--USE WITH CARE!)

 

8 --- Reboot SCCP subsystem (issues hardware reset--USE WITH CARE!)

 

9 --- Halt SCCP subsystem (issues hardware shutdown--USE WITH CARE!)

 

D --- Run Diagnostics

 

I --- Run BIG-IP Installer (issues hardware reset--USE WITH CARE!)

 

B --- SCCP baud rate configurator

 

L --- SCCP login

 

N --- SCCP network configurator

 

 

---------------MENU ENDS HERE------------------

 

 

But I don't know how to boot the BIG-IP from the above command menu.

 

have you ever had this kind of problem before ?

 

Please advise.

 

 

Thank you in advance.

 

 

Sakolan

Andre,

 

The load balancer limited does not support SSL offloading. Only the full BIG-IP LTM 1500 does.