Bug ID 548321: External link status not displayed for VLAN/interfaces

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Sep 24, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When you run tmsh show net interface on a Virtual Edition/Z100 BIG-Ip device, you see "Media None".

Impact

External Link status cannot readily be determined from within the VE using usual interface status commands

Conditions

This occurs on devices that are not using SR-IOV

Workaround

check the link state on the hypervisor or connected devices check the results of higher layer protocols (ARP, ping, etc.)

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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