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patrick_hayes
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Feb 01, 2011

Monitoring in a cluster

Hello all,     One information I have been unable to find in the documentation either online or off. Do monitors run on only on the active member of a cluster or on both the active & passive mem...
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patrick_hayes
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Feb 07, 2011
Thanks Hamish, that's my position as well.

 

 

Unfortunately a pre-sales from F5 told the net admin that a redundant switch layer between the F5s & the superdomes isn't really necessary so every time I push for a redundant switch layer he uses that to bludgeon me with...

 

 

I need more than just "it's not a best practice" or "use of this configuration is highly unusual and puts you at risk of encountering bugs that would never show up otherwise" to convince him.

 

 

Better arguments welcome...