Bug ID 666287: Hostname may change when booting into new slot when management-dhcp is configured

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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

Opened: May 24, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The hostname is changed after booting into new slot.

Impact

Hostname may be different from configured value.

Conditions

- Management DHCP is configured and request-options does not include hostname. - First boot into slot where the configuration is copied. - DHCP server lease includes hostname.

Workaround

Re-load the configuration to restore the hostname.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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