Bug ID 427223: VIPRION C4800-series chassis Annunciator card numbering appears backwards

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Aug 06, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

VIPRION C4800-series chassis contain two Annunciator cards which perform chassis-level hardware-management functionality. Each card is located in a numbered slot accessible via the chassis front panel after removing the LCD display. BIG-IP utilities (such as the 'bladectl' utility or the 'tmsh show sys hardware' command) label the annunciator cards numerically opposite from the chassis front-panel slot labels. - The annunciator card located in physical slot 2 is identified as 'Annunciator'. - The annunciator card located in physical slot 1 is identified as 'Annunciator 2'.

Impact

Inconsistency between logical and physical numbering of the chassis annunciator cards can cause confusion when one of the annunciator cards requires replacement or other service.

Conditions

VIPRION C4800-series chassis running affected versions of BIG-IP.

Workaround

Remember that numerical identification of chassis annunciator cards in the TMOS UI is reversed from the physical annunciator slot numbering.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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