Version command, bigpipe

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A CLI command available on some F5 Networks BigIP platforms; used to display the Linux kernel and BIG-IP software versions running.

Usage Syntax

bigpipe version

Bigpipe Usage Notes

From v9.4, be aware of the administrative partition that is currently active; use the bigpipe shell partition command to display the current active partition name and the bigpipe shell partition name command to change partitions.

A full command manual can be displayed using the man command followed by the command name, for example: man pool or by suffixing the command name with the help keyword, for example; bigpipe pool help.

In most cases, the show keyword displays object status or statistics and the list keyword displays configuration. Remember, from v9.4, only objects in the currently active administrative partition will be displayed.

The bigpipe command can be abbreviated to just b (e.g. b help instead of bigpipe help.) Alternatively, (from v9.4,) you can use the bigpipe shell to enter commands without prefixing them with bigpipe.

Where curly or normal brackets {} or () or quotes "" or exclamation mark ! are required as part of a command and you are not using the bigpipe shell, they must be proceeded with a back slash \ to prevent the BASH shell from parsing them as system commands.

Don't forget to save your changes using the bigpipe save all command as necessary.

Equivalent Information via SNMP

Some or all of the information displayed by this command can be obtained via SNMP using the the MIB(s) and OID(s) detailed below along with retrieval examples using commands from the popular net-snmp application suite;

MIB: F5-BIGIP-SYSTEM-MIB.txt

OID: sysProductVersion.0 or 1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.1.4.2.0

snmpget -v 2c -c public 1.2.3.4 1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.1.4.2.0

snmpget -v 2c -c public 1.2.3.4 F5-BIGIP-SYSTEM-MIB::sysProductVersion.0

Typical Output

Kernel:
Linux 2.4.21-9.0.5.22.0smp
Package:
BIG-IP Version 9.0.5 59.7
Final Edition

Enabled Features:
VLAN Groups                             Spanning Tree Protocol
Port Mirroring                          Basic Load Balancing
Transparent Device Load Balancing       Round Robin Load Balancing
[further output omitted...]

Kernel:
Linux 2.4.21-9.4.3.1.0smp
Package:
BIG-IP Version 9.4.3 1.4
Final Edition

Enabled Features:
QoS and ToS Tagging
Connection Limits
OneConnect - Switching and Pooling
[further output omitted...]

Related Commands

If you are looking for the device serial number, see the Serial Number, F5 BigIP article for details on how to obtain it.