Bug ID 691210: Traffic stops on tmm restart when guest VLAN tagging is used for BIG-IP VE.

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.6

Opened: Oct 27, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Traffic stops after tmm restart. BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) becomes unresponsive and requires power cycle.

Impact

BIG-IP system stops working, and management connection may be lost, requiring power cycle.

Conditions

This occurs when the following conditions are met: -- Using VE. -- Data plane interfaces are SR-IOV VF. -- Guest VLAN tagging is used. -- tmm restart.

Workaround

Use VLAN tagging from host.

Fix Information

The BIG-IP system now continues to work after tmm restart when guest VLAN tagging is used with SR-IOV interfaces for BIG-IP VE.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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