Last Modified: Feb 03, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All, Install/Upgrade
Known Affected Versions:
17.5.1.3
Fixed In:
21.0.0.1, 17.5.1.4
Opened: Nov 26, 2025 Severity: 1-Blocking
Tmm is in the restart loop because dpdk driver is failing to attach with the error message in tmm log: notice dpdk: [0000:00:06.0]: Multiple NUMA nodes usage is unsupported.
Unable to use dpdk driver on some large AWS instances.
- BIG-IP VE large instance deployed on AWS cloud. - NUMA node count more than 1 (check "lscpu | grep NUMA").
Switch to sock driver: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K10142141
DPDK correctly initializes the memory on multi-NUMA AWS instances.