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Sarah_258804
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May 09, 2016

Does the Big-IP use its management IP address to query the internet for F5 updates?

I'm seeing my F5 try to query the internet to check for updates after I manually pressed "Check Now" from the update check page. It's currently trying to reach out to the internet from its Self-IP, n...
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  • zeiss_63263's avatar
    zeiss_63263
    May 09, 2016

    Hi Sarah,

     

    The BIG-IP prefers the tmm route where possible. There are some nuances so I recommend that you take a look at sol13284.

     

    Regards, Michael.

     

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zeiss_63263
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Hi Sarah,

 

The BIG-IP prefers the tmm route where possible. There are some nuances so I recommend that you take a look at sol13284.

 

Regards, Michael.

 

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zeiss_63263
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May 10, 2016
TMM does not handle the SSH or web UI. Those are Linux userspace applications. If you're connecting to a BIG-IP management service via a TMM interface IP *and* TMM permits the port(s) on that interface, then TMM will hand the session off to Linux.