Forum Discussion

Albert_Coll's avatar
Albert_Coll
Icon for Cirrus rankCirrus
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...
application delivery
Albert_Coll's avatar
Albert_Coll
Icon for Cirrus rankCirrus

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.

JRahm's avatar
JRahm
Icon for Admin rankAdmin
Jul 21, 2022

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