Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM
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: Sep 12, 2018 Severity: 3-Major
In 10.2.x it is possible to have 'empty' virtual address lines in the configuration like this: virtual address 10.10.10.10 {} Lines such as these cause failures when upgrading to any version of BIG-IP software that includes the functionality to to add 'arp disable' to virtual addresses that do not have an explicit configuration for their ARP setting. This functionality is present beginning with software version 11.5.0.
The upgrade fails without a clear error message.
-- 'Empty' virtual address lines in the configuration. -- Upgrading to a version of BIG-IP software that includes the functionality to to add 'arp disable' to virtual addresses that do not have an explicit configuration for their ARP setting.
Upgrade to 11.5.0 first, and then upgrade to the desired version.
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