Symptoms

On a VELOS chassis, if a partition is using MAC addresses that the system controller does not have in the chassis wide MAC database then, the partition will raise alarms.

Impact

This can cause problems with traffic due to duplicate MAC assignments.

Conditions

If the system controller's MAC address database has been corrupted then, it may lose track of what addresses the partition owns. This knowledge article outlines how this can occur: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139293

Workaround

Alarms are raised to alert the user that duplicate MACs may be present in the partition. Partition configuration may need to change to eliminate duplicates.

Fix Information

Refer to article https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139293

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips