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AltocumulusF5OS (rseries 2800) in transparent mode
It's okay now I just need to choose the portgroup that I need and set up its profile. iAfter that I can use those interfaces in my tenant.
MVPNear heard of this to be honest an you have not provided a lot of info what is the "transparent" mode option means for you? Like vcmp there are configured/provisioned and deployed modes but this was the same with F5 vCMP and and the first 2 modes F5 does not process client traffic so they seem not the right thing. Maybe see as well https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/f5os-a-1-8-3/f5-rseries-systems-administration-configuration/title-network-settings.html as if you mean vWire option that was there in iSeries as well.
I F5 AWAF/ASM has transparent mode but has nothing to do with F5OS itself as this feature is there in a long time.
AltocumulusHello,
Thank you for your answer.
When I said transparent mode it's like the equipment will act like a layer 2 device.
Thank you for the link , I will read it and come back to you.
- Nikoolayy1
Layer 2 like STP switch or Layer 1 (the virtual wire) ? See the link and also https://clouddocs.f5.com/training/community/rseries-training/html/rseries_networking.html
- Manu99
layer 2 like a bridge for the input and output interfaces.
- Nikoolayy1
If you are talking STP then as mentioned in the links this is also supported if it is not low end rSeries Rseries appliance support on STP .
Still this bridge thing you are mentioning sounds like layer 1 vWire where traffic goes in 1 interface and it is directly send to the another. The 2 links I provided have a good explanation about this and how to configure it on the harware and again not supported on the low end rSeries but Vlan groups in the Tenant can be the alternative. Below is how vlan groups/vwire are configured after that on the tenant level.
