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Oct 15, 2012

Bigip 6900 usb boot problem

 

Hi,

 

I had to change both HDD's on a 6900. I was then going to image the disks with TMOS 10.1.0.

 

Beforehand I tested the reimage of a Bigip 3900 with the same USB CD-rom drive I was going to use on the 6900. Reimage of the 3900 was no problem, it booted on the USB CD-rom and I reimaged it.

 

When I tried to boot the USB CD-rom on the 6900 I dint get it to work after I installed the new disks. I checked boot order in BIOS, and read everything related to USB boot on ASKF5, but so far I am stuck.

 

Is there something I have forgotten to do on a 6900 to get it to boot on USB? Has it something to do that I have installed two new HDD's? The new disks were 1GB disks, the old ones was 320GB.

 

Regards

 

Bjarne

 

7 Replies

  • Can you explain in more detail what "I didn't get it to work..." means. Does it not boot from CD, or it boots but doesn't install or something else?

     

  • Basically the problem is that the 6900 will not boot on DVD. I have tested the same DVD and DVD Read on a 3900 where it works.

     

    So any suggestion how I can make the 6900 boot on DVD would be much appreciated.

     

    I have looked thru the BIOS settings, and everything looks ok there.

     

  • I take it you've tried both USB ports?

     

     

    Have you tried a USB memory stick instead?

     

     

    Will it boot at all?
  • I did try both USB ports. I have yet to try a USB stick, but by experience it’s easier to get a device to boot on dvd/cd then a USB stick.

     

    I also tried to set the boot order for dvd/cd on different places, with HDD always on last.

     

    The thing I noticed was the POST took a long time when I had the new HDD's installed, so I was wondering if there was something I had to do after replacing both HDD's, like clear CMOS, RAID config etc.

     

  • OK. I've a feeling myself that swapping both the disks at once could also be a factor. Do you have a service contract? If so I'd recommend making use of F5 support for this one.
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    I have contacted F5 support and the answer was this:

     

    In the event the problem with the replacement 6900 is a possible incompatibility with the USB-DVD drive, I suggest we try a USB Thumb Drive install.

     

    The USB-DVD works on a 3900, so in my book it should work on a 6900. It is a standard Samsung DVD-drive.

     

    I will make a USB stick and try to boot the 6900 on that and see how that goes.