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jo123
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Oct 23, 2024
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Unstable communication L2 and ARP

Hi, I have a very wired problem with one of our F5. This is a single armed partition, so the LB VS and pool members and everything is all on the same L2 network segment.   The thing is, the pool me...
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  • jo123's avatar
    jo123
    Oct 29, 2024

    Found the issue, someone configured a duplicate non floating IP on both units in the device group, therefore, icmp monitor was failing randomly, rendering the nodes down.

    Thanks for the answers. 

jo123's avatar
jo123
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Oct 29, 2024

Found the issue, someone configured a duplicate non floating IP on both units in the device group, therefore, icmp monitor was failing randomly, rendering the nodes down.

Thanks for the answers.