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Installation for systems running F5OS software

New optical transceiver modules that are released after an F5OS software release might be unrecognized or improperly tuned. At the current time, F5OS systems (including VELOS) require a full platform software upgrade to gain compatibility with new optical transceiver modules.
For information about software installation, see the
Software Installation and Upgrade
 guide for your system at support.f5.com/csp/knowledge-center/software/F5OS.

Install on F5 rSeries systems

Verify the f5optics version on F5 rSeries systems

You can verify the version of the
f5optics
 package on your F5 rSeries system running F5OS-A software and update it to a newer version, if needed.
  1. Connect using SSH to the management IP address.
  2. Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system using an account with admin access.
    When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.
  3. Verify the package version.
    show system packages package <
    package-name
    >
    A summary similar to this example displays: 
    appliance-1# show system packages package optics-mgr-package
Name        : f5optics                     Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.0.0                             Vendor: (none)
Release     : 60.0                          Build Date: Wed 13 May 2020 12:29:48 AM PDT
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: f5optics-1.0.0-60.0.src.rpm
Summary     : F5 optics configuration
Description :
f5 Optics Configuration
If the version of
f5optics
 on your system is not the latest available from F5, you download the latest version of the package from the F5 Downloads site at my.f5.com/manage/s/downloads.

Download the f5optics package

You can download the
f5optics
 package from F5 to install updates to F5-branded transceiver modules.
  1. On your management workstation, log in to my.f5.com/manage/s/downloads.
  2. Read the End User License Agreement and Program Terms and select the check box.
    You must accept the license agreement and program terms before you can proceed.
  3. Click
    Next
    .
  4. Under
    Select a product family
    , select
    Hardware-Specific
    .
  5. Under
    Tell us more about your product
    , for
    Product Line
    , select
    Platform
    .
  6. For
    Product Version
    , select
    f5optics
    .
  7. Under
    Select a product container
    , select the software that you want to download.
  8. Under
    Select a download file
    , select a file name.
  9. For
    Download locations
    , select a download location.
  10. Click
    Download
    .
  11. Download the corresponding checksum file.
    The corresponding checksum file has the same name, except that
    .md5
     is the file extension. After the download completes, verify the integrity of the file by checking the MD5 checksum.
After you download the latest version of the
f5optics
 package, you import the IM file to your system and then install the package.

Install the f5optics package on F5 rSeries systems

Before you can install a new version of the
f5optics
package, you must use SCP to copy the
f5optics
 IM file to the
/var/export/chassis/services
 directory on your F5 rSeries system.
You can install updates to F5-branded transceiver modules from the CLI.
When you run an optics package installation process, traffic on the system being updated is disrupted. During the installation process, you are prompted to confirm that you are aware of this action before the installation can proceed.
  1. Connect using SSH to the management IP address.
  2. Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system using an account with admin access.
    When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.
  3. Change to config mode.
    config
    The CLI prompt changes to include
    (config)
    .
  4. Verify the version compatibility of the
    f5optics
     package on the system.
    system packages package <
    package-name
    > check-version version <
    version
    >
    This example checks the version compatibility of the package: 
    appliance-1(config)# system packages package optics-mgr-independent-pkg 
  check-version version 4.0.0.2022_08_02_16_17_05.s3a9dffb4      
response Compatibility verification succeeded.
  5. Install a new version of the
    f5optics
     package.
    system packages package <
    package-name
    > set-version version <
    version
    > proceed {
    no
     |
    yes
     }
    This example sets a new version of a package: 
    appliance-1(config)# system packages package optics-mgr-independent-pkg 
  set-version version 4.0.0.2022_08_02_16_17_05.s3a9dffb4 proceed
Possible completions:
  no  yes
  6. Commit the configuration changes.
    commit
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