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Hi, I want to buy an F5 appliance, like the 1600, but I heard that if you dont have the licensing from F5, once you get one, you're stuck with the firmware on there, like 11.2 or whatever it is, and if you do try to upgrade, the first thing it does is check your license with F5, and if it isnt licensed then it disables the appliance.... <br />
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is there a workaround for this? &nbsp;thanks!
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Hi, I want to buy an F5 appliance, like the 1600, but I heard that if you dont have the licensing from F5, once you get one, you're stuck with the firmware on there, like 11.2 or whatever it is, and if you do try to upgrade, the first thing it does is check your license with F5, and if it isnt licensed then it disables the appliance.... 

is there a workaround for this?  thanks!

F5 Licensing

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