Manual Chapter :
Preparing to Upgrade BIG-IQ
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 7.0.0
Preparing to Upgrade BIG-IQ
Download the
BIG-IQ software image from F5 Networks
Downloading a software image from F5
Networks is the first step to making it available to install on the BIG-IQ
system.
The BIG-IQ disk space compatibility check is
not supported for BIG-IQ hotfix images. To avoid errors, download a standard
BIG-IQ
.iso
image. - Log in to the F5 Downloads site,downloads.f5.com.
- Click theFind a Downloadbutton.
- Click the name of the product line.
- Click the product name,Centralized Management.
- Click the version number you want to download.
- Read the End User Software License agreement and click theI Acceptbutton if you agree with the terms.
- Click the BIG-IQ version<version number>.isofile name that you want to download.
- Click the name of the closest geographical location to you.The software image downloads to your local system.
The
software image is now available for you to upload to BIG-IQ to
make it available for this upgrade.
Upload the BIG-IQ
software image
Before you can upload the software image to BIG-IQ, you must have first
downloaded it from the F5 Downloads site,
downloads.f5.com
.You upload the BIG-IQ
version software image to the primary BIG-IQ system to make it available for this
upgrade.
- At the top of the screen, clickSystem.
- On the left clickSOFTWARE MANAGEMENTIMAGES.
- Click theUpload Imagebutton.
- Click theChoose Filebutton and go to the location to which you downloaded the image, and click theOpenbutton to upload it to BIG-IQ.
- Click theUploadbutton.The screen refreshes to display the progress of the upload.
