Bug ID 2200517: Hardware acceleration for IPv6 is not supported.

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(BNK) BNK(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
2.2.0, 2.2.1

Opened: Jan 10, 2026

Severity: 1-Blocking

Symptoms

On the CX7 NIC, BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes hardware acceleration is not supported for IPv6 traffic. Only IPv4 traffic offloading is available, including IPv4 flow offloading, IPv4 NAT44 offloading, and ACL offloading.

Impact

IPv6 traffic is not optimized for acceleration.

Conditions

BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes running on the CX7 NIC.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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