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Hey WLB,

That's good info. Thanks for the reply.

On a tangent, we actually have some improvements coming in 11.6 for the 2000 and 4000 series platforms:

• STP (Spanning tree Protocol) which prevents L2 loops
• LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) which enables the use of standard management tools to make physical topology information available
• ARL (Address Resolution Table) which supports better troubleshooting with forwarding database and ARL table lookups.
• tmsh show net fdb now shows meaningful data.
• Full support for Link Down on failover feature which supports faster failover when interconnecting with legacy switches.

Note: Port mirroring is still not currently supported on these two platforms. Please contact your F5 SE if this is a feature you'd like to see F5 potentially provide in a future release

Look for the 11.6 release soon.

Thanks, Aaron