Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
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
Fixed In:
11.6.0
Opened: Feb 12, 2014 Severity: 3-Major
When creating a disaster-recovery unit by copying UCS from production unit to an identical unit in another datacenter, the MGMT information is installed from the UCS as well.
Loss of administrative connection with MGMT port upon applying UCS.
UCS (User Configuration Set) containing MGMT IP and route settings, saved from one BIG-IP system and applied to another BIG-IP system.
1. Connect to the BIG-IP system where the UCS is to be applied via the serial console to apply the UCS configuration. 2. After UCS is applied, manually update the MGMT IP and routes to correct settings for the new system.
It is now possible to load a UCS file from another chassis using the include-chassis-level-config option. This will change your chassis and blade mgmt addresses.