Manual Chapter : New Features in BIG-IP Version 21.0.0.2

Applies To:

  • BIG-IP Distributed Cloud Services

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP APM

    21.0.0.2

  • F5 SSL Orchestrator

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP Analytics

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP Link Controller

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP LTM

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP PEM

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP AFM

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP FPS

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP DNS

    21.0.0.2

  • BIG-IP ASM

    21.0.0.2

back-action BIG-IP 21.0.0.2 New and Installation

Updated Date: 04/29/2026

New Features in BIG-IP Version 21.0.0.2

See the following articles for details of software lifecycle.

The new database variable ve.ndal.driver.netvsc has been introduced to enable switching the driver used for Azure/HyperV deployments.

To switch to the sock driver:

tmsh modify sys db ve.ndal.driver.netvsc value sock && reboot

To revert to the dpdk driver:

tmsh modify sys db ve.ndal.driver.netvsc value dpdk && reboot