Bug ID 978953: The value of the sys db variable vlan.backplane.mtu intermittently out-of-sync with the value of the MTU of the kernel interface tmm_bp during the initial boot up

Last Modified: Dec 20, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2

Opened: Jan 06, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

During the initial boot of the device the MTU of the tmm_bp kernel interface is out-of-sync with the value of sys db vlan.backplane.mtu as well as out-of-sync with the MTU displayed by the following command: tmsh show /net vlan all-properties -hidden. tmsh list net vlan tmm_bp all-properties -hidden. Additionally, running the following command: modify sys db vlan.backplane.mtu value <some value> (within the range accepted), and saving the configuration change does not last through a reboot.

Impact

When the values are seen at non-sync, after the modification of the backplane vlan mtu and saving the config, changing the mtu config value does not last through a reboot.

Conditions

This issue occurs on the first boot intermittently.

Workaround

Rebooting the device resolves the issue

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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