Bug ID 671082: snmpd constantly restarting

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.2

Opened: Jun 26, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K85168072

Symptoms

sod is restarting snmpd, which also produces a core. SNMP clients are unable to walk the ifTable.

Impact

SNMP requests will not receive replies while snmpd is restarting. SNMP clients are not able to walk the ifTable.

Conditions

snmpd takes too long processing a request for the ifTable because there are a large amount of VLANs or VLAN groups configured.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Significantly reduced the time it takes snmpd to process requests for the ifTable when the number of VLANs or VLAN groups is high.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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