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Installation for systems running F5OS software
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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.- Connect using SSH to the management IP address.
- 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.
- 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.- On your management workstation, log in to my.f5.com/manage/s/downloads.
- 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.
- ClickNext.
- UnderSelect a product family, selectHardware-Specific.
- UnderTell us more about your product, forProduct Line, selectPlatform.
- ForProduct Version, selectf5optics.
- UnderSelect a product container, select the software that you want to download.
- UnderSelect a download file, select a file name.
- ForDownload locations, select a download location.
- ClickDownload.
- Download the corresponding checksum file.The corresponding checksum file has the same name, except that.md5is 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.
- Connect using SSH to the management IP address.
- 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.
- Change to config mode.configThe CLI prompt changes to include(config).
- Verify the version compatibility of thef5opticspackage 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.
- Install a new version of thef5opticspackage.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
- Commit the configuration changes.commit