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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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mimlo_61970
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Aug 13, 2014

I have assigned virtual servers to a dummy vlan(a vlan not attached to any interfaces that goes nowhere) on creation to make sure I don't have a duplicate ip/arp problem until I am ready for them.

 

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mimlo_61970
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Aug 18, 2014
You can create a new vlan and don't assign it to any interfaces, just give it a name. Then you can assign the virtual server to that vlan and it won't impact traffic on the 'real' vlans. The above tmsh command(from shaggy) to disable arp at the time of creation is probably your best option though.