Bug ID 725427: OPT-0036-01 does not report DDM tx power alarms or tx power warnings

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(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, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Opened: Jun 22, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The OPT-0036 optic does not report Tx alarms or warnings. The optic does report transmit power readings, but does not generate warnings or alarms if the transmit readings are outside the threshold ranges. OPT-0036-01 does not support SFF-8636.

Impact

OPT-0036-01 does not report DDM transmit alarms or warnings.

Conditions

-- Hardware using this optic: - vendor-oui 00176a - vendor-partnum OPT-0036 - vendor-revision 01 -- DDM is enabled.

Workaround

DDM Receive power alarms and warnings are correctly reported. You can view the transmit power readings and thresholds to manually determine if the power is outside the DDM transmit threshold values. Note: When the OPT-0036 is disabled, the transmit laser is disabled and the transmit power is 0mW.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips