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Techgeeeg_28888
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Apr 03, 2014

Failover port on 2000 boxes

Hi Everyone,   Recently I came across the new series of F5 boxes with Failover port separately given and also the Serial port has been changed into a RJ-45 can someone indicate a document that det...
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Night_67217
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Apr 03, 2014

Hi,

 

This is the platform guide for the 2000 series: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/pg-2000s2200s/1.html?sr=36350845

 

The serial port exists for you to connect a console to the unit and be able to configure it. The failover port works if you connect a cable between the 2 units. The units see if there's electrical signal on the wire. As long as there is signal, one will be active, the other standby. Once loss of signal is detected, the Standby assumes that the Active is dead and it will attempt to set itself active.

 

If you configure a BIG-IP high-availability pair to use network failover, and the hardwired failover cable also connects the two units, hardwired failover always has precedence; if network failover traffic is compromised, the two units do not fail over because the hardwired failover cable still connects them.

 

This SOL details more:

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/2000/300/sol2397.html?sr=36351005

 

Hope this helps!