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Albert_Coll
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Jun 14, 2022

"Illegal reference" when attempting to upgrade F5OS to V1.1 on a R5900 platform

Hello, I have a  brand new R5900 coming with F5OS V.1.0  When attempting to upgrade it to V1.1 by selecting the 1.1 OS & Version, a popup window with the legend "Illegal reference." comes up. I typ...
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Albert_Coll
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Jul 21, 2022

F5 Support engineers fixed this problem in a remote session, by modifying some internal files of the equipment. Product Engineering is now aware of the issue.
Meanwhile BEWARE: If running F5OS V1.0, DO NOT press the UPLOAD button MORE THAN ONCE when attempting to upgrade to a new version: After pressing the Upload button, GUI keeps silent, like doing nothing, for a few minutes before showing the new version in the list. If you press the Upload button again amid such meantime, your R5800 may fall into this problem.

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    JRahm
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    Jul 21, 2022

    thanks for posting back! Will accept as solution on your behalf unless you want the honors?