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Altocumulus
AltocumulusHow does client traffic is sent to Active device VIP's ?
Hello Techies,
I am new to F5 and trying to understand how the client traffic is sent to Active device virtual IP, since the IP is configured and exist in both active and standby devices, but ...
nathe
Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusSam. It's all about the Mac address. It'll share the Mac of the active. On failover there's a gratuitous ARP to change the Mac to the new active one.
That's it in v simple terms.
Hope it helps.
