LTM6800 to Viprion chassis

Hi Pete,

 

 

This will be a bit complicated to do and I suggest you work with your F5 or partner SE to come up with a plan. As a high level overview, I'd consider:

 

 

 

do the port in advance if it’s a version and platform move

 

implement a change freeze on the original units

 

export the config to SCF plus certs

 

upgrade on the same platform or a VE to the target LTM version

 

load the SCF config on the new Viprions

 

adjust the interfaces in the bigip_base.conf

 

 

If you have iRules take a look at the CMP compatibility wiki page for steps to ensure your iRules will not cause the virtual servers to run on only the first TMM instance:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.CMPCompatibility.ashx

 

 

If you want to run both platforms simultaneously, you'd want to assign new self IPs to the Viprions before connecting any of the switch ports to the network. You could then migrate a virtual server one at a time. If you want to revert an individual service back to the original 6800 pair, you can disable ARP for the virtual address on the Viprions, enable ARP on the 6800s and clear the upstream device(s)'s ARP cache.

 

 

Aaron