Bug ID 592354: Raw sockets are not enabled on Cloud platforms

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 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

Fixed In:
12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF4

Opened: May 10, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Cloud VMs come configured with UNIC driver instead of using raw sockets.

Impact

UNIC is used instead of raw sockets.

Conditions

Cloud deployment - AWS and Azure.

Workaround

Manually disabling unic driver will force raw sockets to be used.

Fix Information

Enabled raw sockets by default on Cloud deployments.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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