Known Issue: The BIG-IP system adds additional backslash characters to...
(SOL12185) If an external string class contains escaped quotes, the BIG-IP system adds additional backslash (\) charactersto each escaped quote after thebigpipe save command is run. For example,...
View ArticleInformational: The BIG-IP 8950 and 11050 platforms do not support disabling...
(SOL12680) The BIG-IP 8950 and 11050 platforms have multiple processing cores that support ClusteredMultiprocessing (CMP). If you disable CMP globally on the BIG-IP 8950 or 11050 platforms by...
View ArticleRelease Note: BIG-IP LTM and TMOS 11.6.0
This release note documents the version 11.6.0 release of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and TMOS. You can apply the software upgrade to systems running software versions 10.1.0 (or later) or 11.x.
View ArticleRelease Note: BIG-IP Virtual Edition 11.6.0
BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) is a version of the BIG-IP system that runs as a virtual machine. Supported modules include Local Traffic Manager, Global Traffic Manager, Application Security Manager,...
View ArticleInformational: SSL certificate requirements for BIG-IP SSL profiles
(SOL1273) The BIG-IP system requires client and server certificates and keys in the PEM (OpenSSL) format. Any certificate from a CA that is marked for OpenSSL, Apache with OpenSSL, Apache with...
View ArticleInformational: IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support for the management interface
(SOL12430) The BIG-IP system does not currently include dual-stack support for the management interface. This limitation is by design. F5 Product Development is tracking ID 226219 (formerly CR141022)...
View ArticleInformational: Order of precedence for virtual server matching (11.3.0 and...
(SOL14800) This article applies toBIG-IP 11.3.0 and later. For information about other versions, refer to the following article: SOL6459:Order of precedence for virtual server matching(9.x - 11.2.1)...
View ArticleOverview: Overview of Clustered Multiprocessing (11.3.0 and later)
(SOL14358) This article applies to BIG-IP 11.3.0 and later. For information about earlier versions, refer to the following articles: SOL14248: Overview of ClusteredMultiprocessing (11.0.0 - 11.2.x)...
View ArticleKnown Issue: Hard drive shipped with BIG-IP 3900 and EM4000 platforms before...
(SOL12780) Description The hard drive firmware that F5 shipped with the BIG-IP 3900 and EM4000 platforms before September 2010 may cause the system to mark the hard drive offline, preventing certain...
View ArticleChange in Behavior: Disabling the BIG-IP ASM system marks the system offline
(SOL13484) Old Behavior Prior to BIG-IP ASM 11.0.0, you can disable or restart the BIG-IP ASM core services without affecting the overall system status. New Behavior Beginning in BIG-IP ASM 11.0.0, the...
View ArticleInformational: The BIG-IP release matrix
(SOL9412) Note: Platform variations that are not listed in the following table have the same supported software/firmware version range as the parent platform unless noted otherwise. For example, the...
View ArticleInformational: BIG-IP ASM cookies are passed to origin web servers
(SOL13693) Summary The BIG-IP system does not remove BIG-IP ASM client cookies from requests that are sent to an origin web server (OWS). Description BIG-IP ASM sets two types of cookies to enforce...
View ArticleOverview: Overview of BIG-IP ASM Illegal Method violations
(SOL12312) BIG-IP ASM supports a set of predefined HTTP request methods. From the list ofpredefined methods, a BIG-IP ASM policy allows the GET, HEAD, and POST methods by default. You can allow...
View ArticleOverview: Overview of the Server SSL profile (11.x)
(SOL14806) This article applies to BIG-IP 11.x. For information about other versions, refer to the following article: SOL11220:Overview of the Server SSL profile(9.x - 10.x) Summary This article...
View ArticleInformational: Gratuitous ARPs may be lost after a BIG-IP failover event
(SOL7332) When a BIG-IP failover event occurs, the newly-active BIG-IP system sends out gratuitous Address Resolution Protocols (ARPs) for floating self IP addresses and virtual server addresses in...
View ArticleInformational: Specifications for the Copper Gigabit Ethernet SFP module...
(SOL12287) The following specifications are for the available Copper Gigabit Ethernet modules and the platforms that support those modules. Note: F5 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-T Copper SFP modules...
View ArticleInformational: The Auto Failback setting should be disabled when HA group is...
(SOL15067) This article applies toBIG-IP 11.x. For information about other versions, refer to the following articles: SOL12017: The Redundancy State Preference setting should be set to None when the HA...
View ArticleKnown Issue: ConfigSync operations fail when you configure a ConfigSync peer...
(SOL12089) When configuring a ConfigSync peer IP address, the IP address must reside in the default route domain. The default route domain has an implicit value of zero (0). ConfigSync operations fail...
View ArticleTroubleshooting: Troubleshooting health monitors
(SOL12531) Overview A monitor is an important BIG-IP feature that verifies connections to pool members or nodes. A health monitor is designed to report the status of a pool, pool member, or node on an...
View ArticleHow-To: Using the BIG-IP platform diagnostics tool
(SOL15442) Purpose You should consider using this procedure under the following condition: You want to evaluate potential hardware issues without booting the BIG-IP system into the End User Diagnostics...
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