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Anzine321
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Jun 16, 2025

ssh on slot1 failed f5 viprion

Hi i finished move f5 viprion from old data center to new data center, but i have a problem that i can not access ssh from the host only on slot 1, when i generate qkview on slot 1 is not display ...
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VGF5
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Jun 16, 2025

Hi Anzine321​ 

Here are a couple of cool points!

  • On VIPRION, each blade (slot) can have its own management interface, but typically only the primary blade (slot 1, or the current "active" blade) is directly accessible via the management IP.
  • The other slots (secondary blades) do not have separate management IPs by default; they are managed through the primary blade.
  • SSH access is usually only available on the primary blade’s management IP. If you want to access other blades, you typically SSH to the primary blade and then use the ssh slotX command to access other slots.

Are you trying to SSH to the same management IP for all slots? If so, only slot 1 (the primary blade) will respond.

Verify physical and logical connectivity for slot 1’s management interface.

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    Anzine321
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    Jun 17, 2025

    each blade has ip cluster on host, i tried ssh to 2-4 work fine and only on slot 1 failed, and i tried to ssh with ip cluster and only on slot 1 failed, and then i tried telnet port 22 cluster ip on slot 1 and failed, another telnet to slot 2-4 work fine