Bug ID 491716: SNMP attribute type incorrect for certain OIDs

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.4, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.2, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.4 HF2

Opened: Nov 19, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The following OIDs have an incorrect setting of Gauge when they should be Integer: sysIntfMediaIndex sysIfIndex sysPacketFilterAddrIndex sysPacketFilterVlanIndex sysPacketFilterMacIndex sysStpBridgeTreeStatIndex sysStpInterfaceTreeStatIndex sysHostCpuIndex sysIntfMediaSfpIndex

Impact

The attribute type mismatch may cause some MIB browsers to report errors because of a failure to strictly adhere to the SNMP standard.

Conditions

SNMP queries to some F5 enterprise OIDs.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

All F5 enterprise MIB attribute which include a limited value range have been changed to type Integer.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips