Bug ID 428961: Forwarding (FastL4) virtual servers cannot be created with an APM standalone license.

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 hf1, 11.5.1 hf2, 11.5.1 hf3, 11.5.1 hf4, 11.5.1 hf5, 11.5.1 hf6, 11.5.1 hf7, 11.5.1 hf8, 11.5.1 hf9, 11.5.1 hf10, 11.5.1 hf11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 hf1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10

Opened: Aug 27, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16236

Symptoms

Cannot create forwarding (FastL4) virtual server with an APM standalone license.

Impact

Creating a Forwarding Virtual Server fails validation, and the system posts the following error message in /var/log/ltm: The requested profile (/Common/fastL4) was not found.

Conditions

This occurs when using an APM standalone license.

Workaround

Obtain an LTM add-on license and apply it to the APM base license. Then you can create a forwarding virtual server.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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