Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
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, 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
Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.4, 11.6.3.2
Opened: Feb 26, 2017 Severity: 2-Critical Related Article:
K96395052
RATE-SHAPER:Fred is not properly initialized and might halt traffic.
Traffic is halted.
Initialize RATE-SHAPER:Fred as the drop policy using its default properties.
There are two possible workarounds: -- Initialize the drop policy fred to the value of 9999 instead of default 0. -- Use RED as drop policy instead of fred.
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