Bug ID 530016: CGNAT: Changing the PBA client-block-limit on a LSN pool while blocks are allocated can lead to incorrect 'Clients Using Max Port Blocks' counts in the stats

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Opened: Jun 25, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Statistic will be incorrect or negative: 'Clients Using Max Port Blocks'.

Impact

'Clients Using Max Port Blocks' count is used for monitoring the number of clients that have reached the block limit, then this will impact operations and monitoring of lsn-pool status.

Conditions

Changing the PBA client-block-limit on a LSN pool while there are active blocks and connections might result in incorrect 'Clients Using Max Port Blocks' counts in the stats.

Workaround

Restarting the BIG-IP system resets the counter.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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