Bug ID 686059: FDB entries for existing VLANs may be flushed when creating a new VLAN.

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 14.1.2.7, 13.1.3.4, 12.1.5.3

Opened: Sep 28, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

FDB entries on existing VLAN trunk member interfaces may be flushed when creating a new VLAN.

Impact

FDB entries on existing VLAN trunk member interfaces may be flushed when creating a new VLAN. This will result in potential network saturation.

Conditions

- Creating a new VLAN with existing VLANs using trunk members. - STP is enabled on its trunk member.

Workaround

To avoid the FDB flushing on trunk member interfaces of existing, unrelated VLANs, ensure that STP is disabled on its trunk member.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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