NiHo_202842
Jan 04, 2017Cirrostratus
ARP & Failover hassle: Self-IP in the vIP range or MAC Masquerading?
Hello,
We recently had some issues regarding a failover where a part of the vips weren't ARP'd right. (These worked fine before) F5 Support mentioned having a self-ip in the vIP range or using MAC Masquerading on the traffic group would solve our problems.
Now there are a few things I do not get;
- if a self-ip in the vIP range is required, how are we accessing our listeners right now?
- How is the bigip broadcasting the vIPs without a self-ip in the vIP range?
- Why would MAC masquerading work better?
Our bigips are connected to L3 switches, if that may help. Thanks!