Bug ID 1015497: In rare cases, the blade software can disconnect from the system controller and never recover.

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
F5OS Velos(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-C 1.0.0, F5OS-C 1.1.0, F5OS-C 1.1.1

Fixed In:
F5OS-C 1.1.2, F5OS-A 1.0.0

Opened: Apr 29, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

In very rare scenarios, blade software components may be unable to communicate with the database on the system controller. LACP and STP daemons hang at startup, and it could cause other issues in a partition.

Impact

The LACP, LLDP, and STP daemons may be indefinitely unusable. It is suspected there could be other impacts depending on which blade software component is affected, though no other issue has been observed.

Conditions

The issue can occur when both system controllers are rebooted at once.

Workaround

1. Reboot the affected blade. 2. Disable then re-enable the affected partition.

Fix Information

The affected blade software component can now detect the connection issue and will re-establish the connection to the system controller's database.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips