Bug ID 1126505: HSB and switch pause frames impact data traffic

Last Modified: Apr 17, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4

Opened: Jul 14, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

There are cases where the HSB and switch report pause frames on the HSB <-> switch interfaces. This can be seen in the switch interface stats: name counters.rx_pause ---- ----------------- 9.1 11522051 10.1 11392101

Impact

There can be an impact on networking traffic.

Conditions

The iSeries platforms with an HSB and switch.

Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. When this condition happens, the unit needs to be rebooted to clear the issue.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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