Bug ID 2183141: Observed ctrlplane0x interface missing & ixgbe load errors after Active System Controller power cycle test

Last Modified: Jan 14, 2026

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-C, Velos(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-C 1.8.2

Opened: Dec 09, 2025

Severity: 1-Blocking

Symptoms

After performing a power cycle of active system controller, an error of loading ixgbe diver is observed which results in ctrlplane0x port missing in team0. Errors: [ 5.611594] ixgbe: probe of 0000:06:00.0 failed with error -5

Impact

A malformed trunk between the control plane switch and controller host can lead to unpredictably unreliable traffic flows between the controller host and control plane switch.

Conditions

Install v1.8.X-C/v1.7.C-X build on the system and perform active system controller power cycle. (This is intermittent issue) On the failure case, dmesg logs will point: [ 5.611594] ixgbe: probe of 0000:06:00.0 failed with error -5

Workaround

Reboot the controller.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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