IT46747: DATAPOWER MIGHT RELOAD WHEN GATEWAY PEERING USES A PEER GROUP AND PEERS HAVE DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF IP ADDRESSES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DataPower might crash and reload when Gateway peering has a peer
  group enabled and the peers/members have different length of IP
  addresses.
  
  
  here is an example:
  
  gateway-peering-group testGroup
     no enable-ssl
     mode peer
     peer-node 10.0.0.1
     peer-node 10.0.0.2
     peer-node 172.16.195.22
  exit
  gateway-peering testGP
   local-address 172.16.195.22
   peer-group testGroup
  exit
  

Local fix

• The local fix is to avoid this crash by setting up peers with
  the same length of  IP address.
  

Problem summary

• DataPower might crash and reload when Gateway peering has a peer
  
  group enabled and the peers/members have different length of IP
  addresses.
  
  
  here is an example:
  
  gateway-peering-group testGroup
    no enable-ssl
    mode peer
    peer-node 10.0.0.1
    peer-node 10.0.0.2
    peer-node 172.16.195.22
  exit
  gateway-peering testGP
  local-address 172.16.195.22
  peer-group testGroup
  exit
  

Problem conclusion

• Fix is available in 10.6.1, 10.5.0.13, 10.6.0.1
  
  For a list of the latest fix packs available, please see:
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/83105
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DATAPOWER

• Fixed component ID

  DP1234567

Applicable component levels