Bug ID 976285: Creating a BIG-IP VE on VMware

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Device User Interface(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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: Dec 22, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Unable to assign management IP from IP pool and create a BIG-IP VE in VMware from BIG-IQ. DHCP does work. Error message: Could not assign mgmt IP address y.y.y.y to xxx. Reason: Unknown.

Impact

The VE created using VMware does not receive a Management IP.

Conditions

Use BIG-IP VE Creation feature to create a BIG-IP VE in VMware using an IP Pool on BIG-IQ.

Workaround

Navigate in BIG-IQ -> Applications -> APPLICATIONS -> Cloud Environments -> <env_name>. Ensure the IP Pool Alias Mapping: IP Pool is set to "None".

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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