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hejman_229037
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Sep 22, 2016

F5 device failure (1600)

we are having a F5-1600 failure; kernel and HD. They have shipped a 'new' unit for RMA. What is the process or is there a doc for reloading the last image (aver 12.1.0) and config files? Thanks in ad...
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Sep 22, 2016

I did this last week for a 1600 (11.5.4 HF2) here is the link from F5 https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/800/sol12880.html

 

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  1. backup UCS with GUI
  2. backup the license key (at the tmsh prompt its mku -K)
  3. when you get the RMA you will likely need to install the right software (easies way to install the software is to get a trial license and activate the unit otherwise you have to do it all command line).
  4. once the software is the right version and HF, copy the UCS file (you must load the ucs file fromthe command prompt (tmsh load sys ucs [ucs file name] no-license , https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13132.html)
  5. install the license
  6. install in the data center