Bug ID 1251181: VLAN names longer than 15 characters can cause issues with troubleshooting

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(VE/HW) LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
20.1.0, 20.1.1

Opened: Feb 23, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If the VLAN name is longer than 15 characters, traffic originating from the debug-sidecar will not work correctly and can cause issues with troubleshooting.

Impact

Traffic that originates from the debug sidecar will not work correctly. For example, if an internal VLAN is configured with a long name, the name in the output from 'ip addr' and 'ip route' on the debug sidecar will show a truncated name. Additionally, if a ping is attempted to a destination that is connected using this VLAN, the ping packets will be dropped and ping will fail.

Conditions

The user creates an L1 network with a VLAN that has a name longer than 15 characters.

Workaround

Use VLAN names less than 16 characters long.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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