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Teddy_Brewski
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Dec 30, 2024

MAC address of deleted VS IP address still responsive

Hello, We're decommissioning a very old pair of BIG-IP 3900 appliances running 12.1.2 b0.0.249, and faced with an issue that once the VS was deleted the IP is still responsive to ping, and according...
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F5_Design_Engineer's avatar
F5_Design_Engineer
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Jan 01, 2025

Hi Teddy_Brewski,

 

Have you checked if the Virtual address of that Virtual server is deleted or not.

Please check

 

navigating to "Local Traffic > Virtual Servers > Virtual Address List" in the F5 configuration utility and selecting the "Disable" option for the desired virtual address

 

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137911

Best Regards,

Happy new Year 2025

F5 design Engineer

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Teddy_Brewski
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Jan 02, 2025

Hello,

Thank you for your reply.  I do confirm that it was deleted automatically once the VS was deleted.

Happy New Year to you too.