Bug ID 487808: End of Life announcement for inbound and outbound cost-based link load balancing and inbound link path-based load balancing.

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP None(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.2.1, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.4.1 HF6, 11.2.1 HF16

Opened: Oct 30, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The BIG-IP Link Controller and BIG-IP GTM link cost-based and inbound link path-based load balancing features have reached End of Life (EoL).

Impact

Cannot use these features.

Conditions

BIG-IP Link Controller and BIG-IP GTM link cost-based and inbound link path-based load balancing features.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Link cost and inbound link path load balancing software support has reached EOL. For more information, see SOL15834: End of Life announcement for inbound and outbound cost-based link load balancing and inbound link path-based load balancing, available here: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/800/sol15834.html.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips