Bug ID 490171: Cannot add FQDN node if management route is not configured

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF5

Opened: Nov 12, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Related Article: K61258430

Symptoms

Upon trying to create a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) node without the management route configured, an error is displayed: 01070734:3: Configuration error: Please configure a default gateway.

Impact

User must configure a management route - even if they otherwise do not need one or have one configured.

Conditions

A basic LTM configuration with DNS lookup server setup

Workaround

Create a temporary management-route default gateway in order to add nodes using their FQDN: 1) tmsh create sys management-route default gateway 172.28.22.254 == create default management-route. 2) tmsh create ltm node mydomain.com fqdn { name mydomain.com } == create FQDN node. 3) tmsh delete sys management-route default == remove default management-route.

Fix Information

It is no longer required that a default management route is setup in order to add nodes via their FQDN.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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