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jan_de_wachter_'s avatar
jan_de_wachter_
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Mar 27, 2014

LTM: Local Traffic log problems

We have two BigIps working in active/standby mode - no automatic sync.   We are new to F5 and are starting to use it. We noticed some strange things in our logging and statistics.   How can we ...
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safeinst_110941
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Mar 27, 2014

A) Logs are different between active and standby because one is passing traffic the other isn't.

 

B) Via what mechanism are you identifying which device is Active and which device is Standby? It sounds like the box you are referring to as standby is the one that is actually passing traffic. (Active)

 

C) Address conflict detected for 10.249.13.219 means just what it says. You have an IP conflict on your network. Did you accidentally put the same self-ip on both boxes? Are you stepping on the IP space of another device in your network? Look at ARP-tables on your upstream switch, see if you can identify the conflicting MAC's.