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A_Azeddine
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Oct 25, 2017

cluster with 3 appliances

hello All, is it possible to configure an F5 cluster with more than two appliances? if yes, what are the requirements?   Regards,  
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Lee_Sutcliffe
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Oct 26, 2017

This is certainly possible, to do this you will use device and traffic groups. Device Groups to define the cluster members, and traffic groups that define the services that are active on which cluster member.

 

Active-active config https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-device-service-clustering-admin-11-5-0/3.html

 

Device Groups https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-device-service-clustering-admin-11-5-0/6.html

 

Traffic Groups https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-redundant-systems-config-11-2-0/6.html