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satish_txt_2254's avatar
satish_txt_2254
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Oct 06, 2015

PHONEHOME: Update Server unavailable

Recently i have started seeing this error. What is this about? If F5 checking for updates then how to check which server its connecting etc and where are the proper place to check logs   I found ...
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Suresh_Gurugubi's avatar
Suresh_Gurugubi
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Mar 26, 2018

Hello from my BIGIP devices i can reach F5 hosts, but still i got these errors. any suggestions.

 

bigipNotifyObjMsg:PHONEHOME: Update Server unavailable

 

(BIGIP-LTM)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos) telnet 443 Trying 104.219.111.134... Connected to . Escape character is '^]'. ^CConnection closed by foreign host. (BIGIP-LTM)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos)

 

(BIGIP-LTM)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos) telnet 443 Trying 104.219.110.132... Connected to . Escape character is '^]'. ^CConnection closed by foreign host. (BIGIP-LTM)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos)

 

(BIGIP-LTM)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos) telnet 443 Trying 104.219.110.164... Connected to . Escape character is '^]'. ^CConnection closed by foreign host. (BIGIP-LTM)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Standby)(/Common)(tmos)

 

BinaryCanary_19's avatar
BinaryCanary_19
Historic F5 Account
Mar 26, 2018

It looks to me like the connection is established, and then closed because no data was transmitted.

 

That means it's reachable.