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Sep 26, 2013

Layer 2 LTM cluster setup in 11.4.x

I am building a active/standby fail-over pair of ltm's using the 11.4.x code. I need to configure this as a layer 2 environment only, one trunk interface with multiple tagged vlans.   The document...
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Sep 27, 2013

What I did is similar to your suggestion, I created three vlans that are not used in our network and did not put them on th etrunk interface (HA,Internal, and External) and linked the 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 interfaces to the respective vlans. I then used crossover patch cables and connected the standby unit to the primary unit respective interfaces. This brought up the interface and I was able to complete the cluster configuration. All seems fine and works as expected but I still wonder if what I did is truly necessary.

 

Oh, I do have failover configured for the serial cable, not the network.

 

Thank You for your input.