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NimbostratusF5 Sync between two different models
So My Company is try to come with a "cost effective" DR strategy and the question was asked...could I take say an 8400 and sync with a 8900 ? From what I know…
If they have the same code, same license. Than in theory they should be able to share a config. Just wanted to know if anyone has ever run across a question like this…
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- nitass
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11.4.0 introduces load-aware failover, so i understand different hardware is supported.
Load-aware failover for Sync-Failover device groups
Prior to failover, the device that the BIG-IP system chooses as the target failover (next-active) device is now based on a combination of device capacity and application traffic load. The BIG-IP system performs continual calculations to determine the device that has the most available resources, based on capacity and traffic load, and then, for each device, identifies its next-active device accordingly. This feature is most useful when the device group contains heterogeneous hardware platforms.Release Note: BIG-IP LTM and TMOS 11.4.0
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnote-ltm-11-4-0.html - nitass
fyi. configsync between hardware platform and virtual edition will be supported in 11.5.0 (not 11.4.0) due to ID364880.
ID364880 - after configsync vlan.macassignment value 'vmw-compat' replaced with 'unique' on VE
Note: You cannot synchronize BIG-IP Virtual Edition with hardware until 11.5.0.sol15496: Migrating new BIG-IP platforms to an existing device group
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/400/sol15496.html
