Bug ID 491716: SNMP attribute type incorrect for certain OIDs

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(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, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

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