Bug ID 587804: Symmetric Unit Key decrypt failure on base load

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1

Opened: Apr 15, 2016

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

On initial boot of VIPRION blade, before the blade is licensed, you may see the following error message in /var/log/ltm: err mcpd[5015]: 010713d0:3: Symmetric Unit Key decrypt failure - decrypt failure

Impact

This occurs on initial boot of the VIPRION blade, prior to licensing the device. After licensing, this error does not occur.

Conditions

It is not yet known what the conditions are that trigger this error.

Workaround

None. If this error is reported on first boot, but can otherwise be licensed, it can be safely ignored. If this occurred after loading a ucs file, see SOL13132: Backing up and restoring BIG-IP configuration files at https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13132.html for more information on this error.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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