Bug ID 471496: Standby node sends a summary LSA for the default route into a stub area with the same metric value as that of Active node.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 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, 11.6.2 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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, 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 HF5, 11.5.1 HF5

Opened: Jul 12, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16706

Symptoms

Active and standby nodes are sending summary LSAs for a default route into a stub area with a metric value of 1. sh ip route displays default route with active and standby nodes as gateways.

Impact

The traffic from DR or BDR nodes in the stub area might be sent to the standby node.

Conditions

HA pair is configured to be in an ospf session for a stub area with DR and BDR ospf routers. Area 0 is configured on the HA pair.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Standby node sends LSA summary for the default route with a value of 16777215. The OSPF routers in the stub area pick an active node as the gateway for the default route.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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