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N_67263
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Jan 03, 2014

Suggestions needed on F5 failover

Experts,   I came across a setup with 2 core switches and F5 boxes connected to each of these core switch in a active/standby mode. i.e. Active F5 connected to Core-01 and Standby F5 connected to ...
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nathe
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Jan 03, 2014

Nikhil,

 

Yes, for failover to occur with HW failover then you need to lost the voltage heartbeat from one to the other, i.e. a BIG-IP powering off.

 

In your situation this is fine to keep but may I suggest configuring a failover trigger, e.g. VLAN Failsafe. See: SOL13297. This would mean the BIG-IP would monitor traffic on the VLAN(s) and failover if there was no traffic. This would've most likely helped in your scenario.

 

Hope this helps,

 

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