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  3. F5 rSeries Systems: Installation and Upgrade
Manual : F5 rSeries Systems: Installation and Upgrade

Applies To:

  • F5OS-A

    1.5.2, 1.5.1, 1.5.0

Software Installation and Upgrade Overview

  • Software installation and upgrade for F5OS on rSeries platforms
  • F5OS software image layers
  • Installation and upgrade types
  • Appliance mode

Install or Upgrade Software

  • Installation and upgrade options
  • System upgrade
  • Clean installation
  • System upgrades
  • Perform a system upgrade of F5OS software
  • Clean installation
  • Clean installation using a USB flash drive
  • Clean installation using a PXE server
  • Tenant software installation
  • Tenant image overview
  • Tenant resource allocation overview
  • Create and deploy tenants from the CLI
  • Create and deploy tenants from the webUI

Prerequisites

  • Before you upgrade or install
  • Prerequisites for software installation/upgrade
  • Network settings reference
  • rSeries system backups
  • Back up and export system configuration
  • Tenant configuration backups
  • License the system automatically from the CLI

Post-installation Tasks

  • Post-installation overview

Download and Import Software

  • F5OS software download and import
  • Download F5OS software for F5 rSeries files from F5
  • Download tenant image files from F5
  • File import from the CLI
  • File import from the webUI

Downgrade Software

  • Before you downgrade
  • Downgrades of F5OS software from the CLI
  • Perform a downgrade of F5OS software from the CLI
  • Downgrades of F5OS software from the webUI
  • Perform a downgrade of F5OS software from the webUI
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