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jstauffacher_11
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Feb 27, 2014
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OSPF Route adverts ( active / passive )

I have a pair of Viprions that are setup active/passive -- both connected to their upstream via OSPF. I see the active member is actually advertising the routes -- but the passive member does not. Is...
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  • John_Heyer_1508's avatar
    John_Heyer_1508
    Jan 05, 2015

    I've never run OSPF on an F5 beforem but this sounds normal. Generally speaking in an active/standby pair of network devices, only the active device will establish an OSPF adjacency. The adjacency has to be re-established at failover unless both sides support NSF.

     

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John_Heyer_1508
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Jan 05, 2015

I've never run OSPF on an F5 beforem but this sounds normal. Generally speaking in an active/standby pair of network devices, only the active device will establish an OSPF adjacency. The adjacency has to be re-established at failover unless both sides support NSF.