Bug ID 1295217: When provision.1nic is set to forced_enable the mgmt interface does not respond to ICMP

Last Modified: Jun 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.5.0, 17.5.1

Opened: May 04, 2023

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

When provision.1nic is set to forced_enable the mgmt interface does not respond to ping requests or other ICMP messages.

Impact

Not able to ping the mgmt interface.

Conditions

Provision.1nic is set to forced_enable

Workaround

/sbin/iptables -t raw -I vadc_rawsock_in -p icmp -j ACCEPT

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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