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To enable active-active from the command line
Set the Common.Bigip.Failover.ActiveMode key to 1. Use the following
commands on each unit to enable active-active mode:
b db set Common.Bigip.Failover.ActiveMode = 1
b failover init
The default for this entry is 0 which indicates that the unit is in
active/standby mode.
Task 2: Configuring an additional floating self IP address
When you configure a redundant system, you enter a pair of shared floating
self IP addresses, one for the external VLAN and one for the internal
VLAN. As defined during Setup utility configuration, the floating self IP
addresses are configured as belonging to unit one and unit two.
In an active-active configuration, each BIG-IP must have its own floating
self IP address on the internal VLAN. This is the address to which the
servers behind the BIG-IP route traffic. For example, you could use
11.12.11.3 as the internal floating self IP address for unit one and 11.12.11.4
as the internal floating self IP address for unit two. Configured correctly,
11.12.11.3 should appear on both units as a floating self IP address
belonging to unit one and 11.12.11.4 should appear on both units as a
floating self IP address belonging to unit two.
Since you already have a floating self IP address for the internal interface
that is configured for unit one and unit two, you only need to create a second
floating IP address for unit two.
To create an additional floating self IP address
On unit two, create the second internal floating self IP address and assign it
to unit two:
b self 11.12.11.4 vlan internal unit 2 floating enable
If the BIG-IP fails over, its shared IP address is assumed by the remaining
unit and the servers continue routing through the same IP address.
You can configure additional shared IP aliases on the external VLANs of
each BIG-IP, as well. This makes it possible for routers to route to a virtual
server using virtual noarp mode.
Task 3: Configuring servers for active-active
In an active-active system, the servers must be logically segregated to accept
connections from one BIG-IP or the other. To do this, set the default route of
some of your servers to the floating self IP address on one unit and the
default route on some of your servers to the floating self IP address on the
other unit (see Task 2: Configuring an additional floating self IP address).
When a unit fails over, the surviving BIG-IP assumes the internal IP alias of
the failed machine, providing each server a default route.
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