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chip_cunningham
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Aug 13, 2014

Add Virtual Server to BigIP without updating ARP tables

Hi!   A quick question: we're translating to F5 BigIPs (11.5) from our current load balancing system, which is Loadbalancer.org's EnterpriseVAs. We'd like to use the same IPs for the new Virtual ...
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Aug 13, 2014

Shaggy,

 

Thanks! Unfortunately (at least from my n00b point of view) you can only do that after creating the Virtual Server, not in the process of creating it. The second you hit "Finished" on the Virtual Server creation screen, it updates ARP. However, the suggestion about creating it on the standby device and not letting them auto-sync is a good idea, so long as a device in passive mode doesn't update ARP. Anyone know if it does?

 

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Aug 13, 2014
only the active device will update arp. standby will not update arp until it goes active