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starboy
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Jan 16, 2017

is the big-ip 5000 platform act as a layer 3 or layer 2 switch?

Hi everyone i wanna have something to ask reagrding F5 BIG-IP 5000 series platform the question is "is the platform act as a layer 3 or layer 2 switch? " i got trouble during connectivity with other ...
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Faruk_AYDIN
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Jan 16, 2017

It's default is layer 3. You must assign an IP address(named Self-IP) for F5. (Link)