Bug ID 677525: Translucent VLAN group may use unexpected source MAC address

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.0, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 12.0.0, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3, 11.6.2, 11.6.1, 11.6.0, 11.5.5, 11.5.4

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.6, 12.1.3.6, 11.6.3.2, 11.5.6

Opened: Aug 08, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K06831814

Symptoms

When a VLAN group is configured in translucent mode, IPv6 neighbor discovery packets sent from the BIG-IP system may have the locally unique bit flipped in the source MAC address.

Impact

In an HA configuration, switches in the network may have FDB entries for the standby system assigned to the port of the active system.

Conditions

VLAN group in translucent mode.

Workaround

No workaround at this time.

Fix Information

Translucent VLAN group no longer send neighbor discovery packets whose source MAC has the locally unique bit flipped.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips