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Daniel_55334
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Aug 28, 2008

active/active configuration behavior

Customer is running active/active configurations and they found the following behavior. Are they normal?   1. for each VLAN on BIG-IP, unit 1 is not able to ping the floating ip of unit 2, and vi...
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dennypayne
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Aug 28, 2008
Yes, this happens with active/standby pairs as well if the packet is forwarded through the system. It's similar to firewall anti-spoofing measures, where "in and out" on the same interface is blocked.

 

 

I find that active/active is very rarely worth the complexity it causes.

 

 

Denny