Bug ID 720440: Radius monitor marks pool members down after 6 seconds

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.0.5, 14.1.3.1, 13.1.3.6, 12.1.5.2

Opened: May 16, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The radius monitor marks a pool member down if it does not respond within 6 seconds, regardless of the interval or timeout settings in the monitor configuration.

Impact

The pool member may be marked down incorrectly if the monitor interval is configured to be greater than 6 seconds.

Conditions

A radius monitor is used, and the pool member takes more than 6 seconds to respond to a radius request.

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

The maximum length of time that the radius probe will wait for has been increased from 6 seconds to 30 seconds.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips