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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.
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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?
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- A. list /sys software
- Bshow /sys version
- Clist/sys diags
- Dshow /sys hardware
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Why each option
To find the BIG-IP appliance chassis serial number, an administrator should use a TMSH command that displays hardware details.
The 'list /sys software' command is used to display installed software components, versions, and hotfixes, not hardware serial numbers.
The 'show /sys version' command displays the BIG-IP system's software version and build number, not its hardware serial number.
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.
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
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