Bug ID 607200: Switch interfaces may seem up after bcm56xxd goes down

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Fixed In:
12.1.1 HF2

Opened: Jul 26, 2016

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

'tmsh show net interface' may show that switch ports are still up after bcm56xxd is brought down. This is because bcm56xxd does not notify mcpd that bcm56xxd will go down.

Impact

The switch ports may seem up, but traffic can't be sent/received.

Conditions

If the switch ports are up and bcm56xxd is brought down, 'tmsh show net interface' will show that the switch ports are still up.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Fix for bcm56xxd to notify mcpd that all ports become uninitialized before it goes down has already been implemented.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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