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tltl4866
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Jun 02, 2022

F5 Big-IP i4600 Root Password Reset

Hello all, I believe I am stuck in a nasty situation. We have two big-ip i4600s, and somewhere along the line, our documentation for the root password (serial console, configuration utility/GUI) are...
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    Amine_Kadimi
    Jun 02, 2022

    If you have lost both your admin and root passwords, you need to connect to the big-ip serial console and restart in single user mode in order to reset the root password, start form K73551536 for instructions.

    If you have the admin password, then log into the gui then System > Platform and change root password.

    Note: root can only log in from cli, never from gui

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Amine_Kadimi
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Jun 02, 2022

If you have lost both your admin and root passwords, you need to connect to the big-ip serial console and restart in single user mode in order to reset the root password, start form K73551536 for instructions.

If you have the admin password, then log into the gui then System > Platform and change root password.

Note: root can only log in from cli, never from gui