Bug ID 695341: If FIPS card goes bad and cannot initialize, the BIG-IP system will continuously reboot

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6

Opened: Nov 20, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

If FIPS card has a problem and cannot initialize, the BIG-IP system will continuously reboot with following message indicating failure to initialize FIPS device: Initializing FIPS device (n3fips): (Timeout) [FAILED]

Impact

System will keep rebooting.

Conditions

FIPS card has a problem and cannot initialize.

Workaround

No workaround.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips