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nitass
Aug 20, 2014Employee
Why be configure the MAC masquerade?
To optimize the flow of traffic during failover events, you can configure MAC masquerade addresses for any defined traffic groups on the BIG-IP system. A MAC masquerade address is a unique, floating MAC address that you create. You can assign one MAC masquerade address to each traffic group on a BIG-IP device. By assigning a MAC masquerade address to a traffic group, you associate that address with any floating IP addresses associated with the traffic group. By configuring a MAC masquerade address for each traffic group, a single Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) can potentially carry traffic and services for multiple traffic groups, with each service having its own MAC masquerade address.
sol13502: Configuring MAC masquerade (11.x)
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/500/sol13502.html