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Christopher_Noy
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Feb 23, 2015
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Virtual Server and ICMP/PING

Hello,   I was pre-configuring a couple of virtual servers in advance of a migration from our Cisco ACE 4710's to our new F5 4200Vs when I discovered that even if I mark the virtual server as "dis...
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  • shaggy_121467's avatar
    shaggy_121467
    Feb 23, 2015

    navigate to local traffic | virtual servers | virtual address list. each virtual address has an arp and echo-reply setting - disable both.

     

    virtual servers are IP:Port, so disabling a VS alone does nothing to VIP availability since other VS configs could be using that same VIP

     

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uni
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Feb 23, 2015

Use tmsh to create the address first:

 tmsh create ltm virtual-address 10.1.1.25 arp disabled icmp-echo disabled