Bug ID 832753: IPV6 high availability (HA) management addresses in local IPV6 subnet unreachable when IPv6 gateway down

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Platform(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
5.4.0 HF2, 5.4.0, 6.1.0, 7.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.1.0, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, 7.1.0.3, 7.1.6, 7.1.6.1, 7.1.7, 7.1.7.1, 7.1.7.2, 7.1.8, 7.1.8.1, 7.1.8.2, 7.1.8.3, 7.1.8.4, 7.1.8.5, 7.1.9, 7.1.9.7, 7.1.9.8, 7.1.9.9

Opened: Oct 02, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K44817040

Symptoms

BIG-IQ IPv6 management interface can not connect to other BIG-IQ management interfaces in local IPV6 subnet.

Impact

BIG-IQ is unable to reach high availability (HA) peer or DCD.

Conditions

Management interface IPv6 default gateway is down.

Workaround

Add the following to /config/user_alert.conf: alert K44817040_workaround "Initial management network proposals triggered (initConfigStateMachine: mcp phase running)" { exec command="/sbin/ifdown eth0; /sbin/ifup eth0" }

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips