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  • I want know Which is mac address for address ip to every virtual server?

    it is vlan mac address unless you configure mac masquerading.

    sol13502: Configuring MAC masquerade (11.x)

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/500/sol13502.html

    How I could see this from GUI and CLI?

    yes, it is shown in gui and cli.

    root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) show net vlan external |grep Mac\ Address
    Mac Address (True)  00:50:56:b3:0b:1a
    
  • Why be configure the MAC masquerade?

    To optimize the flow of traffic during failover events, you can configure MAC masquerade addresses for any defined traffic groups on the BIG-IP system. A MAC masquerade address is a unique, floating MAC address that you create. You can assign one MAC masquerade address to each traffic group on a BIG-IP device. By assigning a MAC masquerade address to a traffic group, you associate that address with any floating IP addresses associated with the traffic group. By configuring a MAC masquerade address for each traffic group, a single Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) can potentially carry traffic and services for multiple traffic groups, with each service having its own MAC masquerade address.
    

    sol13502: Configuring MAC masquerade (11.x)

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/500/sol13502.html
  • i loose my connectivity after i manually configure a random 'MAC Masquerade Address' on the traffic-group-1

     

    After i remove the manually configured 'MAC Masquerade Address' on the traffic-group-1 end-to-end traffic resumes again.

     

    Why is that?