Upgrading the F5 LTM's to 6900

Raj,

 

What version have you got on the 3600? If the 6900 is the same version then the SCF file will work fine, however, the SCF doesn't transfer any ASM settings or SSL certs. If different versions, it may be better to put the same build on the new appliance, use the SCF from the existing 3600, and then upgrade the new appliance to the latest version as the config will be upgraded too. Although the 6900 needs a minimum of v9.4.6 installed (the 3600 was v9.4.5) - so you may to upgrade to this minimum version on your existing appliance to do this. This is because I'm not entirely sure an SCF file will work fully across different versions.

 

Hope this helps.

 

N

 

Hi Nathan,

 

 

Thanks for the response.

 

 

We are running 9.4.6 and planning to use the same version on 6900's and so there wont be any issue if i use SCF.

 

 

How about the SSL certs do i need to copy Manually ?

 

 

Regards,

 

Raj

Raj,

 

In that case if the 6900s are going to be given the same name as the 3600s then use a UCS archive and this will include all you need. Make sure you use the UCS file from the system it's replacing, so in a HA pair you will have 2 UCS files. That's because if they have different names it only imports the shared config and you will want all the config from one to the other.

 

 

To transfer the SSL certs, by the way, local traffic - ssl certificates and then highlight them and click Archive - then on the new box import them (I think!).

 

 

N

Thanks Nathan