Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
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, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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
Opened: Dec 09, 2013 Severity: 3-Major
When setting the Ethernet ports on BIG-IP 5000 and 7000 series platforms to half duplex and then pinging, the Activity LED blinks Green instead of Amber. This occurs because half-duplex operation is not supported at any speeds.
Operating in half-duplex may hang a port.
This occurs when setting half-duplex on Ethernet ports on BIG-IP 5000 and 7000 series platforms.
There is no workaround. User must operate in full-duplex modes. This is as designed.
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