Bug ID 554462: Tagged VLAN for SR-IOV NICs in BIG-IP VE (guest vlan tagging) does not work

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Oct 27, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K38316252

Symptoms

Ping to/from the BIG-IP system does not work if guest VLAN tagging (tagged interface in Virtual Edition (VE) config) is used for BIG-IP systems with SR-IOV NICs.

Impact

No traffic will pass through the BIG-IP system.

Conditions

Interfaces are SR-IOV VFs and tagged in the BIG-IP system config.

Workaround

Use VLAN tagging in the host.

Fix Information

Tagged VLAN for SR-IOV NICs works for BIG-IP VE.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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