Manual Chapter : About status of service chain components

Applies To:

  • BIG-IP LTM

    21.0.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.6, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.1.10, 15.1.9, 15.1.8, 15.1.7, 15.1.6, 15.1.5, 15.1.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.0, 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

About status of service chain components

The SFC controller shows the status of service chain components as colored shapes. This table shows each colored shape and explains its meaning.

Green circle
The device is available and active.
Gray square - Ingress
The associated interface is for ingress traffic.
Gray square - Egress
The associated interface is for egress traffic.
Blue square
The device status is either unavailable or has not yet been collected by the SFC controller.
Blue square - IP
The SF is of type IP. Can also show type Pool or Virtual.
Blue circle
The device is available but is part of a Sync-Failover device group, and is in Standby mode
Red diamond
The device is offline.