Bug ID 592700: iControl SOAP method System.Failover.get_peer_address might return incorrect value.

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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: May 12, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K92556132

Symptoms

iControl SOAP method System.Failover.get_peer_address returns no results. In DSC sync (11.0.0 or later), there is no longer a concept of a 'secondary peer address', and one can connect with more than one other device, so this method no longer can always return acceptable values. Therefore, the alternate method Management.Device.get_configsync_address is recommended.

Impact

If the iControl SOAP method System.Failover.get_peer_address method is being used to determine whether sync is configured between two devices, the system might falsely treat the device as a standalone.

Conditions

Any 11.0.0 or higher platform with CMI configured.

Workaround

Use the the following method instead: Management.Device.get_configsync_address.

Fix Information

The iControl SOAP method System.Failover.get_peer_address has been immediately deprecated. Use the method Management.Device.get_configsync_address instead.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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