Bug ID 987113: CMP state degraded while under heavy traffic

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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

Fixed In:
17.1.0, 15.1.4, 14.1.5

Opened: Jan 26, 2021

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

When a VELOS 8 blade system is under heavy traffic, the clustered multiprocessing (CMP) state could become degraded. The symptom could exhibit a dramatic traffic performance drop.

Impact

System performance drops dramatically.

Conditions

Exact conditions are unknown; the issue was observed while under heavy traffic with all 8 blades configured for a tenant.

Workaround

Lower traffic load.

Fix Information

Fixed an inconsistent CMP state.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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