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carl_townshend_
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Aug 15, 2018

F5 Big IP HA Setup

Hi All I currently have a BIG IP LTM running standalone I have the self IPs and Floating IP's set up on it per interface. My question is, how do I bring another box into it? can I use the Wizard to do it or do I need to do it manually if it has mutliple interfaces? does the wizard handle mutliple interface configurations cheers Carl

 

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  • youssef1's avatar
    youssef1
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    Aug 16, 2018

    Hi,

    You can do it manually, you have better flexibility and mastery.

    So first I advise you to create a dedicated HA Vlan in order to manage HA between your member.

    So First of you have to have the same vlan on both equipement (with the same name).

    Example

member1:
internal: SIP: 10.20.10.10 - FIP: 10.20.10.20
external: SIP: 172.20.10.10 - FIP: 172.20.10.20
ha: 192.168.1.10

member2:
internal: SIP: 10.20.10.11
external: SIP: 172.20.10.11
ha: 192.168.1.11

    You don't need to create Floating IP on the second member because floating IP will synchronise...

    Then follow this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNsnSOMeeCk

    F5 doc: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-implementations-12-1-0/4.html

    But if you want to use wizard you can also (I can understand that if you do it for the first time it will not easy...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NLx3FPgMgI

    Important Point: - vlan have to have the same name. - set channel communication on both member (Device management -> Device -> click on you device then set Device connectivity: configsync, networkfailover and Mirroring using your HA vlan)

    Let me know if you need more help.

    Regards.