Bug ID 701680: MBLB rate-limited virtual server periodically stops sending packets to the server for a few seconds

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, 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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.3, 12.1.4.1

Opened: Jan 12, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Applying rate-limiting to MBLB SIP or Diameter virtual servers might cause the virtual server to periodically stop sending packets to the pool member server for a few seconds.

Impact

The virtual server might intermittently stop sending packets to the pool member server for a few seconds.

Conditions

-- MBLB SIP or Diameter virtual server. -- Rate-limited is applied.

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

MBLB rate-limited virtual server now correctly sends packets to the server.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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