Bug ID 466719: BGP next-hop statement is ignored under certain conditions

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.2

Opened: Jun 11, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

BGP next-hop statement is ignored under certain conditions.

Impact

The wrong address is used for BGP routing, which might create a routing blackhole after failover.

Conditions

1) BGP advertises 'next-hop' which is also a float self-IP. 2) If the floating self-IP is removed from the system, BGP advertises the local self-IP as 'next-hop' instead ignoring the route-map.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips