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jfrizzell_43066
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Apr 01, 2011

F5 LTM VIP/STP Problem

We are currently experiencing an issue in our data center. We have two F5 LTM’s with VIPs for our database cluster and webservers. In the data center, we run HP ProLiant Servers with Fault Tolerant ...
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Apr 17, 2012
Opend up a support case @ f5.

 

 

Official statement:

 

In short: NO F5 does not support HP nic teaming.

 

 

There is no standard that defines how NIC teaming should work, therefor every implementation done by a vendor can be diffrent.

 

because of this proprietry nature of the HP nic teaming F5 also has no workaround.

 

Use 802.3ad, lacp. or nothing at all.

 

 

In my oppionion this is a poorly documented missing feature in F5 products.

 

and my guess is lots of customers will run into this issue.