Bug ID 1455809: HSB bitstream version upgrade to v4.3.4.0

Last Modified: Feb 28, 2025

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

Fixed In:
17.5.0, 17.1.2

Opened: Dec 14, 2023

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The current HSB bitstream version is v4.3.3.0, so the new version v4.3.4.0 available with enhanced features.

Impact

This HSB bitstream version v4.3.4.0 comes with below features. 1) 16 PDEs, 2 HDEs, 6 rings per PDE 2) 4 1GbE and 2 10GbE Network interfaces 3) 1 PCIe Gen3 x 8 interface 4) 1 external SRAM interface at 500MHz 5) 1 40Gb XLAUI interface (between FPGAs) 6) 1 I2C interface to SFP/SFP+ phys 7) 1 serial LED controller interface for front panel LEDs 8) 1 NETC at 210MHz 9) sPVA support 10) greylist support 11) allow list support 12) DoS (Global, bDoS, sPVA) - supports 2 bDoS vectors 13) BIST Memory Access support (no loop BIST or FSM BIST) 14) IPv6 (Parse/Checksum/DoS) 15) tunnel support 16) vCMP support 17) Jumbo packet (9kB) support with .1x flow control support

Conditions

-- iSeries i2xxx/i4xxx platform

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Updated the HSB bitstream version to get the enhanced features.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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