Bug ID 596603: AWS: BIG-IP VE doesn't work with c4.8xlarge instance type.

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
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

Fixed In:
12.1.1

Opened: May 31, 2016

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K46636508

Symptoms

When deploying BIG-IP VE in AWS with c4.8xlarge instance type, the system never boots and remains in "Stopped" state after briefly trying to start-up.

Impact

c4.8xlarge instance type are not supported for BIG-IP VE in AWS.

Conditions

BIG-IP VE is deployed with c4.8xlarge instance type in AWS.

Workaround

Choose c4.4xlarge or other instance types in AWS.

Fix Information

Issue corrected so that BIG-IP VE will work with c4.8xlarge instance type AWS.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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