Bug ID 518086: Safenet HSM Traffic failure after system reboot/switchover

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.5.3 HF2

Opened: Apr 14, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17188

Symptoms

SafeNet hardware security module (HSM) Traffic failure after system reboot/switchover.

Impact

Now traffic will fail. There will be no pkcs11 connection on new primary blade.

Conditions

Restart of services on primary or secondary blade.

Workaround

The workaround is to restart pkcs11d on the secondary blade.

Fix Information

Wait and try SafeNet hardware security module (HSM) communication when MCPD is fully loaded.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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