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A BIG-IP Administrator opens a case with F5 Support. The support engineer requests the BIG-IP appliance chassis serial number. Which TMSH command will provide this information?

The correct answer is D. show /sys hardware. To find the BIG-IP appliance chassis serial number, an administrator should use a TMSH command that displays hardware details.

Section 3: Administer a BIG-IP Device

Question

A BIG-IP Administrator opens a case with F5 Support. The support engineer requests the BIG-IP appliance chassis serial number. Which TMSH command will provide this information?

Options

  • A. list /sys software
  • Bshow /sys version
  • Clist/sys diags
  • Dshow /sys hardware

How the community answered

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  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    92% (48)

Why each option

To find the BIG-IP appliance chassis serial number, an administrator should use a TMSH command that displays hardware details.

A. list /sys software

The 'list /sys software' command is used to display installed software components, versions, and hotfixes, not hardware serial numbers.

Bshow /sys version

The 'show /sys version' command displays the BIG-IP system's software version and build number, not its hardware serial number.

Clist/sys diags

The 'list /sys diags' command is used for diagnostic information, which might include hardware status, but it does not directly list the chassis serial number as its primary output.

Dshow /sys hardwareCorrect

The 'show /sys hardware' TMSH command provides detailed information about the BIG-IP system's physical components, including the chassis serial number, platform type, and other hardware-specific identifiers. This command is specifically designed to query and display this type of system hardware data.

Concept tested: BIG-IP TMSH hardware information commands

Source: https://clouddocs.f5.com/clouddocs/cloud-init/latest/cli/tmsh.html

Topics

#tmsh#System information#Serial number#Hardware information

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