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Galactico_76554
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Mar 31, 2010

UNIT ID

Hello All,

 

 

Could someone please explain me what is the "UNIT ID" option while creating "Floating IPaddress".

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Reni

3 Replies

  • Hi Reni,

     

     

    I think the unit IDs only come into play when you're running in active-active mode. In that case, the unit IDs tell each LTM which shared objects to use. For active-standby pairs, the unit ID is ignored.

     

     

    Aaron
  • Thanks for the reply Aaron. This option is not optional while configuring through GUI interface.

     

     

    I have a active-standby configuration and while configuring i have Unit-1, it is working fine. But i still dont understand what this option.

     

     

    My guess was that " when we try to access the floating IPaddress it takes us to primary node which is Unit -1, so if we change to Unit-2 it will take to secondary unit :-) "
  • Basically, if your units are configured in active-standby, you can leave the unit ID for the units themselves and any shared objects like self IP's to whatever they're set at by default. The settings aren't used.

     

     

    Aaron