Bug ID 1619945: Boot time on KVM is excessively long when no management IP is assigned

Last Modified: Feb 11, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
20.2.0, 20.2.1

Opened: Jul 22, 2024

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The BIG-IP Next VM takes 15 to 20 minutes to boot.

Impact

The BIG-IP Next instance will boot in about 15 to 20 minutes.

Conditions

Attempting to create a KVM Next instance without a management IP and no cloud-init datasource is provided.

Workaround

If the BIG-IP Next instance is created without using DHCP or cloud-init to assign the management IP on KVM, download and use the kvm-boot.iso to deploy your KVM instance. This will speed-up the boot time. You can find a link to kvm-boot.iso at https://clouddocs.f5.com/bigip-next/latest/install/next_install_kvm_setup.html

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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