Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3
Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.3.1
Opened: Nov 15, 2016 Severity: 3-Major Related Article:
K47316233
The Hardware SYN Cookie Protection field is not displayed in the GUI configuration screen for TCP/FastL4/FastHTTP profiles, despite hardware support for the feature existing on the platform.
The Hardware SYN Cookie Protection field is not displayed.
Configuring TCP/FastL4/FastHTTP profiles in the BIG-IP GUI. This occurs on vCMP guests, on the 5000/5050, 5200/5250, 7000/7050/7055, 7200/7250/7255, 10000/100050/10055, 10200/10250/10255, 10350N, i5600, i5800, i7600, i7800, i10600, i10800 platforms, and on VIPRION systems using the B4450 or B4450N blades.
Use tmsh to set the Hardware SYN Cookie Protection field.
The system no longer uses a static list of platforms that have an HSB as a basis for displaying the Hardware SYN Cookie Protection option in the GUI, so the field is shown as expected.