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Blue_whale
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Aug 30, 2021

F5 failover best practice ?

Hi Team ,   For F5 failover from active to standby which option should we use? and what is the impact of using both the options ?   1.Using "Force standby option"   2.Failover using Pref...
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Aug 31, 2021

It may help if you note the version of software you're on and the devices being used. Also, are you configuring a new F5?