Bug ID 760164: BIG-IP VE Compression Offload HA action requires modification of db variable

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 15.0.0, 15.0.1

Fixed In:
15.1.0, 15.0.1.1, 14.1.0.6

Opened: Mar 01, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When TMM detects a compression offload device hang it does not invoke the configured high availability (HA) action.

Impact

The configured HA action does not occur when a compression offload device hangs. Clients compression requests eventually time out.

Conditions

This occurs when the following conditions exist: -- BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) Cryptographic Offload is licensed. -- BIG-IP VE VM has been assigned QuickAssist Virtual Functions (VFs). -- A QuickAssist endpoint associated with one of the VFs hangs. -- BIG-IP VE executes compression operations.

Workaround

Disable the pfmand by running the following commands: tmsh modify sys db pfmand.healthstatus value disable tmsh save sys config The configured HA action will now occur when a compression offload device hangs. Note: The pfmand daemon is not needed for BIG-IP VE, so disabling the db variable has no impact for BIG-IP VE configurations.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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