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Jayaram_S_96796
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May 24, 2006

Shared IP between Pair of BIG IPs

1. At Microsoft our application uses shared IP to connect to the BIG IP devices (pair of Big IP device has a Shared IP). We are currently migration our application to support v4.5 and V9.x devices. Does v9.x devices have shared IP addresses beteween then, if not how do we identify which are the Big IP devices works in pair?

 

 

2. The OS version stated to be v9.1.1. The SDK download on devcentral refers to 9.0 and 9.2.2, but they do not have 9.1.1.please give an idea which SDK version would be compatible with v9.1.1? This is to find if we can take the latest SDK and check for backward OS compatibility
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  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    May 24, 2006
    1. Yes, in v9.x you can have redundant pairs with a shared address. This value is stored in the internal database. These posts cover the values used to store peer information:

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=28&view=topic&forumid=1&postid=6866

     

    Click here

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=28&view=topic&forumid=1&postid=1183

     

    Click here

     

     

    2. 9.1 is our stability branch and is based on the 9.0 code base. I'd use the 9.0 SDK for this branch. We don't release SDK's for every release we have but only when new revisions require it. All our 9.x SDK's are forward compatible (meaning 9.0 will work with all 9.x BIG-IP versions). If you want new features added in let's say 9.2, you'll need to upgrade to the 9.2.2 SDK. The new methods will be identified in the documentation with the "Introduced" tag stating which product release they were added in.

     

     

    Hope this helps...

     

     

    -Joe