Bug ID 773793: FPGA firmware L7 bandwidth performance increase for iSeries platforms

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Fixed In:
15.1.0

Opened: Apr 17, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

iSeries i5xx0, i7xx0, i10xx0, i11xx0 and i15xx0 platforms with high performance license (x800) upgraded from a previous release to v15.1.0 use different FPGA firmware with increased L7 bandwidth performance.

Impact

Two new TurboFlex profile options are added and the FPGA firmware for the turboflex-adc or turboflex-security profiles has changed to the increased L7 Bandwidth FPGA firmware. During system upgrade, an extra reboot occurs automatically to make the new FPGA firmware active. Note: When fresh install of the v15.1.0 release is performed on an iSeries platform and licensed with the high performance license (x800), the system defaults to the turboflex-base profile, and you must explicitly select the turboflex-adc or turboflex-security profile to get the benefit of the increased L7 Bandwidth FPGA firmware.

Conditions

-- iSeries i5xx0, i7xx0, i10xx0, i11xx0 and i15xx0 platforms with high performance license (x800). -- Upgraded to v15.1.0.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

The i5xx0, i7xx0, i10xx0, i11xx0 and i15xx0 platforms with the high performance license (x800) use the newly introduced increased L7 Bandwidth FPGA firmware for the turboflex-adc and turboflex-security profiles when upgraded to 15.1.0. In addition, these platforms support two new TurboFlex profiles options (turboflex-adc-v1 and turboflex-security-v1) in the v15.1.0 release. You can switch to the previous (L7/L4 balanced) FPGA firmware by selecting the turboflex-adc-v1 or turboflex-security-v1 profile. Note: When a fresh install of the v15.1.0 release is performed on an iSeries platform and licensed with the high performance license (x800), the system defaults to the turboflex-base profile, and you must explicitly select the turboflex-adc or turboflex-security profile to get the benefit of the increased L7 Bandwidth FPGA firmware.

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