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AhmadZak
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Dec 21, 2019

F5 BIG-IP 2000 Series Power standby mode when turning it on

I have got a F5 WAF Big-IP 2000. It give on the LCD screen it says "Power Standby Mode. Press Enter to Command Power On" when i turn it on. I have tried to press the green button but the F5 logo blin...
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Nathan_F__F5_
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Dec 27, 2019

Hi AhmadZak,

 

It appears that we have two articles about this. I would recommend reading through each of them and then trying the steps in the second article. If that doesn't work then I would recommend opening a ticket with Support to continue troubleshooting and possibly RMA the device depending on the troubleshooting results.

 

K77265211: Device is not able to boot with error message: "Power standby mode Press Enter to command power on"

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K77265211

 

K43323300: Error Message: Power Standby press Check button to command power on

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43323300

 

-Nathan F