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er_sandy_27437
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Mar 15, 2012

STP ISSUE ON F5

We have a scenario in which client need to change the switchport connected to the F5 load balancer. Which is the port connected to the internal VLAN causing all the VIPs to be down for a while. Is ...
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nitass
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Mar 15, 2012
configurinng another interface in the same vlan would not cause an issue if stp is enabled on switch. stp mode is passthrough by default, so switch would block interface properly. anyway, when disconnecting one of interface, switch may take some time to change interface from blocking to forwarding state (stp convergence time).

 

 

sol9796: BIG-IP support for spanning tree protocols

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/700/sol9796.html

 

 

sol7577: BIG-IP LTM spanning tree compatibility with tagged VLANs

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/500/sol7577.html