Bug ID 647757: RATE-SHAPER:Fred not properly initialized may halt traffic

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 12.1.2, 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

Symptoms

RATE-SHAPER:Fred is not properly initialized and might halt traffic.

Impact

Traffic is halted.

Conditions

Initialize RATE-SHAPER:Fred as the drop policy using its default properties.

Workaround

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.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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