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F5 | 1538185
Broadcast destination MAC may get offloaded
Last update date:
5/17/2024
Affected products:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP TMOS
Affected releases:
15.1.0
15.1.0.1
15.1.0.2
15.1.0.3
15.1.0.4
15.1.0.5
15.1.1
15.1.2
15.1.2.1
15.1.3
15.1.3.1
15.1.4
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Severity: 3-Major ... Symptoms ... Even when the server-side nexthop MAC address is a broadcast address, the flow is L4 offloaded. ... Impact ... Possibly broadcast storm. ... Conditions ... - rSeries/VELOS. - This can happen due to ID881041. - Packet with broadcast destination MAC is received from a directly connected host to a fastL4 virtual, that has L4 offload enabled. ... Workaround ... - Disable L4 offload. - iRule trickery.
