Bug ID 761385: Without a virtual server, responses from server to client are dropped in a BIG-IP system when the latter is deployed in L2 transparent mode using virtual wire.

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 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

Fixed In:
15.0.0, 14.1.2.1

Opened: Mar 16, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Responses from a server are not received by the client.

Impact

Responses from server to client are dropped. Loss of service.

Conditions

-- BIG-IP system deployed in L2 transparent mode using virtual wire. -- No virtual server is configured.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Set the L2 transparent flag for the server-side flow if the client-side flow has this flag set.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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