The F5 Guru

So I learned this from an issue I had where the box had rebooted but gone to the wrong image and I did not have the root password or login credentials. I needed to reboot the LTM but I only had serial/console access to it. The answer? Escape-shift-9, yeap, hold down escape, hold down shift, then press 9, you will get this menu on the serial console:

As you can see, you have a variety of options but I would steer clear of the halt option….then you’re pretty much stuck! I’m pretty sure this works with most F5 products all though I have not verified with the Firepass pair that I have.