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a_basharat_2591
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Feb 01, 2017

IPs leaking out from the F5 in Disabled mode.

Hi,   We have a new F5 5050 model using LTM and connected to the Production Network. We are configuring the new Virtual Servers on it on disable mode to migrate the old F5 to this new: There is an...
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Vijay_E
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Feb 01, 2017

VS in disabled state won't accept any new connections. However, the IP is still owned by that VS. When doing hardware migration, I would recommend keeping all the interfaces except management interface shutdown. You can copy the configuration over via mgmt. interface. During maintenance, shut the interfaces for the old F5 and enable interfaces for the new F5.