# Useful CLI commands F5OS

### CLI commands

[ConfD](https://www.tail-f.com/about/) on F5 is the CLI tool to get and set all config of the F5. You can get the same configuration options like in the F5OS UI.

<p class="callout info">Use "su admin" to start an interactive shell when you are logged in as root via ssh.</p>

### Useful CLI command line troubleshooting tools

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-command-description-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Command</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>**show system licensing**</td><td>The output displays licensing information for the F5OS system, including a list of active modules.</td></tr><tr><td>**show system state**</td><td>The output displays the state about the F5OS system, like hostname, date/time, mac address...</td></tr><tr><td>**show system image**</td><td>Shows System Image information.

Example:

```
appliance-1# show system image
                                           IN
VERSION OS   STATUS  DATE        SIZE      USE   TYPE
-------------------------------------------------------
1.5.1-12283  ready   2023-08-14  926.15MB  true

VERSION                                  IN
SERVICE      STATUS  DATE        SIZE    USE    TYPE
------------------------------------------------------
1.5.1-12283  ready   2023-08-14  4.55GB  true
1.5.0-5781   ready   2023-08-14  4.55GB  false

                                         IN
VERSION ISO  STATUS  DATE        SIZE    USE    TYPE
------------------------------------------------------
1.5.1-12283  ready   2023-08-14  6.05GB  false
```

</td></tr><tr><td><div>**show components component platform state**</div></td><td>Displays hardware info, serial-no, part-no, memory, temperature and more of the platform.

Example:

```
appliance-1# show components component platform state
state description    r5600
state serial-no      f5-wdbb-iodf
state part-no        "203-0411-05 REV B"
state empty          false
state tpm-integrity-status Valid
state memory available 9573109760
state memory free 4797321216
state memory used-percent 93
state memory platform-total 16107667456
state memory platform-used 5998272512
state temperature current 21.4
state temperature average 22.2
state temperature minimum 21.2
state temperature maximum 23.5
```

</td></tr><tr><td>**show port-mappings**</td><td>The output displays information about port mappings and pipelines.

For more infos check the documentation:

[F5OS-A for rSeries Architecture](https://doc.gecloud.ch/books/f5os/page/f5os-a-for-rseries-architecture "F5OS-A for rSeries Architecture")

[F5OS-C for VELOS Architecture](https://doc.gecloud.ch/books/f5os/page/f5os-c-for-velos-architecture "F5OS-C for VELOS Architecture")

</td></tr><tr><td>**show portgroups**</td><td>shows the installed optics in each portgroup.

Example:

```
appliance-1# show portgroups
portgroups portgroup 1
 state vendor-name      "F5 NETWORKS INC."
 state vendor-oui       009065
 state vendor-partnum   "OPT-0031        "
 state vendor-revision  A0
 state vendor-serialnum "ABCD         "
 state transmitter-technology "850 nm VCSEL"
 state media            100GBASE-SR4
 state optic-state      QUALIFIED
portgroups portgroup 2
 state vendor-name      "F5 NETWORKS INC."
 state vendor-oui       009065
 state vendor-partnum   "OPT-0031        "
 state vendor-revision  A0
 state vendor-serialnum "ABCD         "
 state transmitter-technology "850 nm VCSEL"
 state media            100GBASE-SR4
 state optic-state      QUALIFIED
portgroups portgroup 3
 state vendor-name      "F5 NETWORKS INC."
 state vendor-oui       009065
 state vendor-partnum   "OPT-0016        "
 state vendor-revision  A1
 state vendor-serialnum "ABCD         "
 state transmitter-technology "850 nm"
 state media            10GBASE-SR
 state optic-state      QUALIFIED
portgroups portgroup 4
 state vendor-name      "F5 NETWORKS INC."
 state vendor-oui       009065
 state vendor-partnum   "OPT-0053        "
 state vendor-revision  A1
 state vendor-serialnum "ABCD         "
 state transmitter-technology ""
 state media            25GBASE-SR
 state optic-state      QUALIFIED
portgroups portgroup 5
 state vendor-name      "F5 NETWORKS INC."
 state vendor-oui       009065
 state vendor-partnum   "OPT-0016        "
 ....
```

</td></tr><tr><td>**system diagnostics tcpdump interface 0/0.0**</td><td>tcpdump on any interface on host level. Also see:

[https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/f5os-a-1-3-0/f5-rseries-systems-supportability/overview-tcpdump.html](https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/f5os-a-1-3-0/f5-rseries-systems-supportability/overview-tcpdump.html)

</td></tr><tr><td>**virtctl console &lt;tenant\_name&gt;-&lt;tenant\_instance\_ID&gt;**</td><td>Will connect to the console of a tenant.

See here: [K33373310: Accessing an F5 rSeries tenant console](https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K33373310 "K33373310: Accessing an F5 rSeries tenant console")

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