Bug ID 685225: When starting up, BIG-IP 4200 does not log 'Link: is DOWN/UP' message on some interfaces.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 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, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 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: Sep 25, 2017

Severity: 5-Cosmetic

Symptoms

During the boot sequence, the statuses of some of the interfaces are not logged in /var/log/ltm, presumably because of a race with modprobe. The issue happens only during the boot sequence and never after.

Impact

There may be some interfaces for which there are no status messages. Affects the system during boot.

Conditions

-- Reboot a BIG-IP 4200 platform. -- Observe the link status messages in /var/log/ltm.

Workaround

Only happens during the boot, the log function is good afterwards.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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