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Kai_Wilke
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Feb 11, 2016

Hi Faheem,

 

we have migrated a some NLB cluster to F5, the points below are outlining the migration steps we have used...

 

  1. Add additional DIPs to the NLB nodes so that each application on each node can be accessed using DIPs.
  2. Add network bindings to the application pointing to the new DIPs
  3. Configure the F5 environment, add interfaces, add IPs, create Virtual Servers (to migrate the VIPs), create pools (for each application), create nodes (for each DIP on each Node), create health-monitors, etc.
  4. Test the F5 environment using HOST entries pointing to the new F5 Virtual Servers.
  5. Reroute the NLB VIP traffic to the F5 by either using DNS, certain NATs or step-by-step migration for each single VIP.
  6. Remove the NLB configuration from the Hosts.
  7. Done!

Note: Depending on the detailed implemetation of your NLB clusters, and the desired F5 configuration certain additional steps may be required...

 

Cheers, Kai