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May 25, 2015

network failover/serial cable for HA

for HA configurations, there are 3 options   network failover in network failover the heartbeat is the network packet   serial failover serial cable failover is just checking a vo...
  • nitass_89166's avatar
    May 25, 2015

    network and Serial failover

     

    If you configure a BIG-IP high-availability pair to use network failover, and the hardwired failover cable also connects the two units, hardwired failover always has precedence; if network failover traffic is compromised, the two units do not fail over because the hardwired failover cable still connects them.

     

    sol2397: Comparison of hardwired failover and network failover features

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/2000/300/sol2397.html