Bug ID 712622: FTP with asymmetric routing and mirroring does not forward traffic or mirror on data connection

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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

Opened: Mar 29, 2018

Severity: 4-Minor

Related Article: K40043237

Symptoms

FTP mirroring in an environment with asymmetrical routing on the clientside may fail to forward data connection traffic or correctly mirror the traffic to the peer unit.

Impact

-- Passive data connection SYN is be forwarded. -- Mirroring of the data connection does not complete successfully.

Conditions

With the following setup: - Asymmetric routing setup on the clientside. - The following db keys are disabled: + connection.autolasthop + connection.vlankeyed - Virtual server with FTP profile (inherit profile disabled). - Mirroring enabled.

Workaround

Set a specific route to the client IP address to override asymmetric routing.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips