F5
Commands including bash
require admin rights
** Known Affected Software Versions**: All
Result: Commands run util bash -c uptime
for device uptime and run util bash -c "ntpq -np"
for NTP peer server communications will not run without
administration permissions.
Long timeout for command show ltm virtual details
** Known Affected Software Version**: All
Description: Command show ltm virtual details
may hang for a long time before sending any response back to the user and discovery process can be stopped.
Result: Some F5 devices might not be discovered.
Fix: Test how long it takes to get data for this command via CLI and update Network device session timeout accordingly.
Long or infinite discovery due to restjavad
frequent restarts because of insufficient memory
Affected Product: BIG-IP TMOS
For Known Affected Software Versions see F5 documentation.
Description: show ltm virtual details
command may cause the restjavad
daemon on F5 to restart, causing long or infinite discovery time.
Result: Some F5 devices might not be discovered.
Fix: Increase device memory for restjavad
process, see F5 Bug ID 776393.
SNMP passphrases appear to change each time during config backup
Affected Versions: all below 14.1.0 version
Description: When SNMPv3 users are configured with authentication and privacy passwords, the TMSH display of encrypted passwords appears to change at each redisplay. Same applies for getting the configuration file with cd /;show running-config recursive
command.
Environment: - TMSH - SNMPv3 - Encrypted passwords
Result: IP Fabric considers every new F5 configuration file as changed
.
Fix: Upgrade to a fixed version as noted in Bug ID 532181.