Add Virtual Server to BigIP without updating ARP tables
Hi!
A quick question: we're translating to F5 BigIPs (11.5) from our current load balancing system, which is Loadbalancer.org's EnterpriseVAs. We'd like to use the same IPs for the new Virtual Servers in the BigIP that we already have in our current load balancer. I assumed that I could create the Virtual Servers in BigIP and leave them in the "Disabled" state without affecting anything. However, it seems that, even though the virtual server is in the Disabled state, BigIP still updated the ARP tables on our Nexus switches, and so the switches started directing traffic to the BigIPs instead of leaving it pointed at the current load balancer. We had to go in and clear the ARP tables on the switches to reverse this. Is there a way to set up the virtual servers, leave them disabled and NOT update ARP on the switch, so that I can then drain the connections in the current load balancer and enable the virtual server in BigIP?
Thanks!
Chip