Configuring a replacement BIG-IP device after RMA

Install UCS File:

1. Log in to the Traffic Management Shell (tmsh) by typing the following command:

tmsh

2. Restore the UCS archive file by using the following command syntax, replacing <path/to/UCS> with the full path of the UCS archive file you want to restore:

BIG-IP 11.x and 12.x:

load /sys ucs <path/to/UCS> no-license – for 11.x

load /sys ucs <path/to/UCS> rma – for 10.x

3. Restart the system by typing the following command:

Reboot

NOTES:

By default, the BIG-IP system saves the UCS archive file with a .ucs extension if you do not include it in the file name. You can also specify a full path to the archive file, and then the archive file is saved to the specified location. If you do not include a path, the file is saved to the default archive directory, /var/local/ucs.

When replacing one system of a failover pair, F5 recommends that you configure basic networking on the replacement unit and synchronize the configuration from its peer instead of restoring the configuration by installing the UCS archive. Because the master key is shared between units of a redundant pair, the configuration synchronization process synchronizes the original master key to the newly installed device.