Chris_Reid_1643
Jun 20, 2016Nimbostratus
High-availability configuration produces a status of "ONLINE (STANDBY), In Sync"
Problem: High-availability configuration produces a status of "ONLINE (STANDBY), In Sync" on the F5 primary and standby units.
Models: F5 1600
Big-IP Version: BIG-IP 11.5.0 Build 7.0.265 Hotfix HF7
Steps used to configure high-availability:
- Connect a network cable on port 1.3 of each F5 1600
- Create a dedicated VLAN for high-availability on each F5 1600
- Configure an IP address for the high-availability VLAN on each F5 1600
- Ensure that both F5 1600 units can ping each other from the high-availability VLAN
- On each F5 1600, navigate to "Device Management" -> "Devices" -> "Device List". Select the F5 1600 system labelled as "self"
- On each F5 1600, navigate to "Device Connectivity" -> "ConfigSync". Select the IP address assigned to the high-availability VLAN
- On each F5 1600, navigate to "Device Connectivity" -> "Network Failover". Add the IP address assigned to the high-availability VLAN to the failover unicast configuration
- Force the standby unit offline
- On the active unit, navigate to "Device" -> "Peer List". Click "Add", and add standby unit to the high-availability configuration
- At this point, the primary F5 unit has a status of "ONLINE (ACTIVE), In Sync", and the standby unit has a status of "FORCED (OFFLINE), In Sync"
- On the primary unit, navigate to "Device Management" -> "Device Groups" to create a device group
At this point, both units have a status of "ONLINE (STANDBY), In Sync". Any ideas as to why this happening?
My goal is to have high-availability configured in an ACTIVE/STANDBY pair.