Upgrade F5 Big-IP 1500 firmware

Kiran,

 

 

You are correct 9.3.1 is indeed installed. By the build of it, i can say that no HF's are added yet.

 

 

To make that the primary boot system (default boot system all you have to do is,

 

 

switchboot -b HD1.2

 

 

Then type the "switchboot -l" to verify, You will then see

 

 

Default boot image:

 

HD1.2 - BIG-IP 9.3.1 Build 37.1

 

 

The default boot image would have changed, then all you have to do is reboot the box and it will boot into the 9.3.1 partition

 

 

 

 

A word of caution, since you dont know if you have any configuration applied to the 9.3.1 system, it will be a good idea to have a UCS file backup for you to restore it .

 

 

NOTE: "/shared" is the only partition that is accessible over all different slots and OS , so what ever you need to be accessible you should put in there

 

 

 

 

To take a UCS backup,

 

 

 

b config save /shared/tmp/carry_forward.ucs

 

 

 

 

Once you boot into the other OS and if you find the need to apply the same config that is currently running, you can restore it by

 

 

 

b config install /shared/tmp/carry_forward.ucs

 

 

 

Hope this helps