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BPetronio_11363
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Apr 19, 2010

Network FailOver + Fail-Safe

Hello,       I had physically installed F5 on the client, and try to perform Hardware FailOver and Network FailOver with a separate Vlan (directly connected, no switch).   Fro...
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nathe
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Apr 20, 2010
Bruno,

 

 

As far as I'm aware, with both Network failover and Hardware failover then hardware failover is pretty much redundant. That's because failover will only occur if the hardware cable's voltage and the network pulse is lost. Hardware failover always take precedence. So in your case you've disconnected the vlan but because hardware failover is being used then the standy won't be aware of a failover and remain in standby.

 

 

I believe if the 2 appliances are close enough then f5 recommend hardware failover.

 

 

Rgds

 

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