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Aug 27, 2013

Big IP > Node1 down, compleately unaccessible

We have a problem on our system, since node1 went down a few days ago, and we can not get it to run again. We tried several times to restart him (plug out cable, LAN...) but nothing. He starts normally, and when booting is finished the screen is just empty and no LAN led's are showing signs of life.

 

It's not a big problem as node2 has taken over, of course, but still....

 

Has anyone encountered this kind of problem? Perhaps some HW fault?

 

We are running 2 x F5 Load Balancer system used with OMIP Server (HW- F5). CF1.1 - BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2

 

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  • what is the hardware platform/model? have you got any response when pressing esc( on console?

     

    by the way, don't you open a support case?

     

  • Well, we have this machine out of the SLA support agreement, so now it's all on this kind of support, until customer states differently.

     

    root@xbigip1-admin:Active] config switchboot -l

     

    Current boot image: CF1.1 - BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2 Default boot image: CF1.1 - BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2 Available boot image(s): CF1.1 - BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2 HD1.1 - BIG-IP 9.2.5 Build 5.1 [root@xbigip1-admin:Active] config [root@xbigip1-admin:Active] config b platform PLATFORM INFORMATION -- | Type C62a | Chassis: serial bip225848s | 200 Level part number: 200-0214-05 REV A | Switch board: serial PCA0100MS198 part PCA-0100-02 REV A | Host board: serial TY6BU22A0915 part MOB-0013-03 REV A | Annunciator board: serial 0701CF053968 part OEM-0029-06 REV B | base MAC: 00:01:D7:61:DC:00 +-> CPU 1 temp 52degC fan speed 11250rpm | | CHASSIS TEMPERATURE | (1) 46degC (2) 41degC (101) 42degC (102) 34degC | | CHASSIS FAN | (101) active (102) active (103) active (104) active (105) active | (106) active | | POWER SUPPLY | (101) active

     

  • we have this machine out of the SLA support agreement

     

    there is one-free support case (of course it does not cover hardware replacement) even no valid support contract. it will be treated as standard support (8-6 M-F). anyway, i strongly suggest extending support contract.

     

  • How do I open this? I can not create a case since I have to enter the serial or licence number and it does not accept mine? If yoo can share some link to this I would be thankfull.

     

  • How do I open this?

     

    you have to call in and ask for one-free case.

     

    Contact Support

     

    http://www.f5.com/support/support-services/contact/

     

  • give them a call: http://www.f5.com/support/support-services/contact/

     

  • Hi,

     

    can you please give us some number we can call, since we tried calling 4 different numbers from that list, and they all seem to be barred from here. Is there maybe some mail address we could contact them by?

     

    Thanks.

     

  • Hello, we rebooted the bigip and connected our laptop to the management console and got the following output. Hope it helps to find out what is wrong with the Big IP.

     

    bÁ…ÄÄ…å‡æÅ„†Ô„…†çGóHit any key to stop autoboot: 0 kernel.core_uses_pid = 0 kernel.core_pattern = /var/core/%e.sccp.core

     

    Host Console Shell --- Press ( for command menu.

     

    Info:Reading platform_type from SEEPROM = C62a Info:system_family = 0x8000000 Info:system_type = 82H Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.13 Copyright (C) 1997-2000, Intel Corporation CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 E0 81 44 D3 0C GUID: 00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009 PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received. PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM. Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.13 Copyright (C) 1997-2000, Intel Corporation CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 E0 81 44 D3 0C GUID: 00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009 DLIENT IP: 127.2.0.2 MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 127.2.0.1 GATEWAY IP: PXELINUX/F5 HSIBJ 3.07 Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin Booting from local disk...

     

    GRUB version 0.93 (639K lower / 1047488K upper memory)

     

    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, 'a' to modify the kernel arguments Booting 'BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2 - drive hda.1'

     

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda5 console=ttyS0,19200 panic=1 mem=2 24M platform=C62a quiet [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x174839]