Upgrade Path for BIG-IP 2000 – Out of Warranty and EoRMA Status
Hi Team, We are currently running BIG-IP LTM and AFM version 14.1.4.6 on a BIG-IP 2000 appliance. While reviewing our setup in iHealth, we received the following message: "Your hardware reached its End of Return to Manufacturing (EoRMA) date on April 1, 2025. Support options may be limited and an upgrade is recommended." As the platform is no longer under warranty and we’re running an older software version, we are planning to upgrade to the latest supported version on this hardware. Based on the compatibility matrix, it appears that BIG-IP 15.1.10.x is the latest version supported on the 2000 series. We understand that 15.1.x will reach End of Technical Support in December 2025, and we plan to use this upgrade as a short-term solution while we evaluate options for hardware replacement. Our questions are: Since we are out of warranty and do not currently have an active support contract, can we still upgrade to 15.1.10.x? If the device doesn’t have internet access, will collecting the license dossier and uploading it to the F5 licensing portal allow us to reactivate the existing license? Are there any limitations in upgrading or re-licensing in this scenario that we should be aware of? Any guidance or confirmation would be appreciated.SSH Proxy Problem: Real Server Auth
Hi, while playing around with the SSH proxy feature, I'm encountering issues with the validation of the Real Server Auth key. I've configured the profile as described in https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip-afm/manuals/product/network-firewall-policies-implementations-12-1-0/13.html. Unfortunately I got an error message in /var/log/sshplugin: err : SSHPLUGIN: sshplugin_2|SSHPlugin|ssh_setup_serverside|Core|the backend ssh server does not have a public key that matches the configuration! (0) Erroring out of this connection. I've checked and doublechecked the host key using ssh-keyscan and copied the key string into the field "Real Server Auth". The format of the key looks exactly like the one from the manual, except that my key is a one-liner instead of the block view in the manual. The manual shows the key in block view AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCziS6yavPpFuRjLP9hzRiEBcVgLDynoW qNMuwCrOREkSiDqWqFRrydFCGy6Z1WwwJuDMIw5h3sIuqtOo78zd6pBabXpj0Q LUyLtGx80Oe3vInpwxvG2/YX9KaGjofkasZJ+tOqoOe5QscnUYr7Iw6CEuo2dB VIZyL/o1IyTvDfL8+yXO4vPzadmL0gvV1F56feRVsCF0HUrhWwdrQ6CpIpX6ac sY0HayrhOGPmVF4qRz7fLySHJ5XQz5IKXJRNHJEbXx2tiV1TuQlhz8gOMqMp2I iSqyKDcUTk2Oy0fPYkNAWPlifq7GplYkit85EL5UCgtHf595rqibOQJWFAAzHF while mine looks like AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCziS6yavPpFuRjLP9hzRiEBcVgLDynoWqNMuwCrOREkSiDqWqFRrydFCGy6Z1WwwJuDMIw5h3sIuqtOo78zd6pBabXpj0QLUyLtGx80Oe3vInpwxvG2/YX9KaGjofkasZJ+tOqoOe5QscnUYr7Iw6CEuo2dBVIZyL/o1IyTvDfL8+yXO4vPzadmL0gvV1F56feRVsCF0HUrhWwdrQ6CpIpX6acsY0HayrhOGPmVF4qRz7fLySHJ5XQz5IKXJRNHJEbXx2tiV1TuQlhz8gOMqMp2IiSqyKDcUTk2Oy0fPYkNAWPlifq7GplYkit85EL5UCgtHf595rqibOQJWFAAzHF Hopefully this doesn't make a difference. I even don't know how to turn on debug logging for sshplugin. Maybe this would help. Any ideas? Greets, svsSizing for HW and SW based
I am looking for a data for dimensioning for r5800 / 6000 etc where I am deploying DNS+PEM+AFM+URL Filtering + some iRules on ONE rSeries The same witch I am looking for is for VE deployment Where I can find data about such figures I can only find for DNS QPS, but for the rest of the modules can't Are there any exact numbers? How can I combine and calculate this module and see if feet into rSeries and VE HP??
