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anbesa_135532
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Apr 17, 2014

failover for ltm2000v and s

ltm2000 has RJ-45 PORT which says "failover" i believe this failover rj-45 port is replacing the serial db-9 failover port on the other f5 models like 1600. and I connected the 2 ltms using crossover cable and pluged in the cable on the faiover port on the ltm. previsoult i have a network failover configured that means i connecteted port 1.8 on ltm1 to switch 1 and ltm2 port 1.8 to switch 2. and i set up network failover. in the f5 documentation i read if you have both network and serial failover, serial failover takes precedence, to test this theory i unplugged the cross over cable between the two ltms which was plugged in on "failover port. the result is no failover happened, the active ltm reminded active.

 

but the network failover works when i shutdown the port on the switch where port 1.8 on ltm is connected to.

 

does this mean that serial failover doesn't work on ltm2000?

 

thanks

 

Anbesa

 

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  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Apr 18, 2014

    but the network failover works when i shutdown the port on the switch where port 1.8 on ltm is connected to.

    what do you mean? what happened after shutting down network failover interface (1.8)? did it go active/active?

    by the way, have you checked tmsh show sys failover cable?

    root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) show sys failover ?
Options:
  cable  Displays the status that the failover daemon detects on the serial
         cable from its failover peer. It also shows what the failover peer
         detects on the serial cable. An active BIG-IP will see a zero from its
         failover peer. A standby BIG-IP will see a one from its failover peer.
  |      Route command output to a filter