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dragonflymr
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May 20, 2017

Max number of Interfaces VE v13 ESXi 5.1

Hi,

I tried to find info about max number of interfaces supported by listed configuration. I know it is working with 6 vNIC but need to increase to 8.

After that I have such error displayed when device is rebooted:

May 20 10:45:24 bigiptest emerg load_config_files: "/usr/bin/tmsh -n -g load sys config partitions all " - failed. -- Syntax Error:(/config/bigip.conf at line: 1510) single quotes are not balanced

I checked bigip.conf and here can't see anything strange at listed position:

security dos bot-signature "/Common/T H A T ' S  G O T T A  H U R T" {
    category "/Common/Exploit Tool"
    rule "headercontent:\"T H A T ' S  G O T T A  H U R T\"; useragentonly; nocase;"
    user-defined false
}

rule "headercontent:\"T H A T ' S G O T T A H U R T\"; useragentonly; nocase;" is at 1510

After reboot all added interfaces were listed (via GUI or tmsh list interfeces) but no net interface declarations in big_base.conf

So I added them manually but after reboot still the same error.

I tried to follow advice with deleting mcpdb.* files for /var/db/ folder but those files are not present.

Any idea how to fix? Or maybe there is no way to have more than 6 vNIC in BIG-IP VE?

Piotr

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  • Martin_Robbins's avatar
    Martin_Robbins
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    May 20, 2017

    I don't think the problem is not the number of interfaces, ESXi 5.1 allows for up to 10 on a normal VM, with the management interface it means you can have up to 9 TMM interfaces which I have used many times. See, https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r51/vsphere-51-configuration-maximums.pdf

     

    The reason they are not showing is that the configuration load has not completed successfully.

     

    As the rule is part of the standard 13.0.0 configuration, which I have tested on a default config and it loads correctly, it is either a bug or that somewhere earlier in the configuration is another quote.

     

    You could either open a case with F5 support or start removing chunks of config to see if you can narrow down where the problem is.