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Nimbostratus

Apr 17, 2017

12.1.1 Automatic Phone Home vs Automatic Update Check

Hello, I am looking for clarification of Automatic Phone Home vs Automatic Update Check under: System ›› Software Management : Update Check What does Automatic Phone Home do? What inform...

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crodriguez

Ret. Employee

Apr 17, 2017

As described in the K15000, Automatic Update Check enables the system to check the F5 downloads server for software updates for your system (releases, hotfixes, EUD updates, Geolocation, etc). Auto Phone Home is described in more detail here: https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/what-does-syssoftware-phonehome-do-47262

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