Bug ID 636693: The WCCP client source-ip mask may now be configured.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Jan 04, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The BIG-IP system sends a source-ip mask of 0x0 which does not permit the Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) server to load balance connections across multiple WCCP clients, i.e., BIG-IP systems.

Impact

The BIG-IP system with the longest WCCP connection uptime will handle all traffic.

Conditions

Using WCCP on the BIG-IP system.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The source-ip mask may now be configured via tmsh for WCCP.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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