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Aapazmino1986's avatar
Aapazmino1986
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Jan 09, 2024

Mac address in tenant are not equally to f5os

Hi F5ers: I have some concerns about F5OS and MAC tenant inheritance and operation: In picture 1, I have interface mac address column with different values for each one. But as you can see in the F...
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zamroni777
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Jan 09, 2024

do you split/extend the subnet to multiple datacenters/sites?

i have experienced failed connectio within same subnet when configuring LB due to above situation.
the workaround is to add /32 routing.
it's workaround because ip subnet (layer 3 addressing) should not extend beyond 1 vlan ( layer 2 addressing).

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    Aapazmino1986
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    Jan 15, 2024

    Hi zamroni777, really not for multiple datacenters . I have initiate deployment with this new rseries for a normal deployment and testing communication. But, in iseries without f5os each interface have mac addr and I don´t know if this can be generate a conflict.