Bug ID 474460: BIG-IP VE for KVM: Dataplane is unreachable with macvtap-based virtual NICs and configured vlan-group

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

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

Opened: Aug 05, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Ping from outside to VE does not work, BIG-IP is unreachable.

Impact

BIG-IP VE cannot pass traffic via its dataplane

Conditions

- BIG-IP VE for KVM - Hypervisors are: - CentOS 6.5 - Ubuntu 13.10 & 14.04 LTS - virtual NICs are created via macvtap interfaces

Workaround

- Create virtual NICs via bridged rather than macvtap interfaces

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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