Bug ID 566327: 1 tmm allocated per 2GB of RAM

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

Bug Tracker

Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 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, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 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: Jan 07, 2016
Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

On Azure with 3.5GB 2vCPU configuration, only 1 tmm is started

Impact

Only allocating 1 tmm can cause under-utilized CPUs in VMs in public clouds when RAM is not multiple of 2GB/per CPU.

Conditions

BIG-IP Virtual Edition in Public Clouds.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The logic for determining number of CPUs to be used by BIGIP was changed to take into account different Cloud VE configurations like these: * 2 vCPU / 3.5 GB RAM * 4 vCPU / 7.0 GB RAM * 8 vCPU / 14.0 GB RAM Now BIG-IP will assume 1.5GB RAM/per CPU and better utilize above configuration using all available CPUs.

Behavior Change