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Steve_M__153836
May 21, 2014Nimbostratus
What is the impact of adding a floating IP to an active HA LTM pair?
Hello. I have recently started a new position and while going through the environment I've found a couple pairs of LTMs in HA config with floating IPs for some networks and not for others. I generall...
Cory_50405
May 21, 2014Noctilucent
One consideration to keep in mind:
When adding a floating IP address to an existing vlan that's processing traffic, traffic could immediately begin using that floating IP, so your backend resources could see a change in the IP address they are receiving traffic from. Rather than sourcing from the non-floating self IP, requests would begin sourcing from the floating self IP. Certainly a consideration when taking into account any firewall/access control mechanisms.
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