Bug ID 467693: sysObjectID SNMP OID returns 'linux' instead of BIG-IP platform.

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 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, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF2

Opened: Jun 17, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16664

Symptoms

sysObjectID SNMP OID returns 'linux' instead of BIG-IP platform.

Impact

sysObjectID OID value does not uniquely identify the BIG-IP product. Polling for sysObjectID OID always returns value 'linux': snmpget -v2c -c 'community' localhost sysObjectID.0 RFC1213-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-TC::linux

Conditions

Poll for sysObjectID OID.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

sysObjectID OID now correctly returns the appropriate BIG-IP platform.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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