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zizo69
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Nov 27, 2019

Why does BIG-IP VE not support vMware

We are currently running a demo using BIG-IP VE version 15 installed in an ESXI 6.5.

 

As per the F5 Documentation, High Availability is not supported.

" High availability (failover) is not supported, but config sync is"

 

I don't understand why it's not, as it just turns on the VM on another host if the primary ESXI host fails.

More over Fault Tolerance support isn't even mentioned, is there a reason why it's not supported.

 

I'll be testing the FT on a single BIG-IP VE with simulated high traffic and see what happens.

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  • Yoann_Le_Corvi1's avatar
    Yoann_Le_Corvi1
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    Nov 27, 2019

    Hi

     

    It seems not supported on Single NIC deployment.

     

    "When BIG-IP VE first boots, it determines the number of active NICs. If BIG-IP VE detects one NIC, then:

    • Networking objects (vNIC 1.0, a VLAN named Internal, and an associated self IP address) are created automatically for you.
    • The port for the Configuration utility is moved from 443 to 8443.
    • High availability (failover) is not supported, but config sync is.
    • VLANs must have untagged interfaces."

     

    To support failover, you need at least 2 NICs, usually one for "Production" trafic, 1 for HA/ConfigSync/Mirroring, and for more demanding architecture, you may want to dedicate one for mirroring.

     

    But I confirm, with 2 NICs no problems :)

     

    Yoann