Bug ID 480910: A TCP profile with 'Rate Pace" or 'Tail Loss Probe' enabled fails to successfully establish a connection.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(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

Fixed In:
11.6.0 HF6

Opened: Sep 24, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K32803156

Symptoms

TCP connection establishment fails on some virtuals.

Impact

All TCP connections using a tcp profile which has advanced options like 'Rate Pace' or 'Tail Loss Probe' enabled will fail to establish a connection.

Conditions

A TCP profile with advanced options like 'Rate Pace' or 'Tail Loss Probe' enabled, needs to be in use.

Workaround

Avoid using the tcp profile options like 'Rate Pace' or 'Tail Loss Probe'. If these options are a must requirement then there is no other workaround, other than to upgrade to a build with fix.

Fix Information

A TCP profile with 'Rate Pace" or 'Tail Loss Probe' enabled now successfully establishes a connection.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips