101 · Question #56
When using the setup utility to configure a redundant pair, you are asked to provide a "Failover Peer IP". Which address is this.
The correct answer is B. an address of the other system in a redundant pair configuration. The 'Failover Peer IP' entered in the BIG-IP setup utility refers to an IP address belonging to the other (peer) device in the redundant pair, used so the current system can reach its partner for failover communication.
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When using the setup utility to configure a redundant pair, you are asked to provide a "Failover Peer IP". Which address is this.
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- Aan address of the other system in its management network
- Ban address of the other system in a redundant pair configuration
- Can address on the current system used to listen for failover messages from the partner BIG-IP
- Dan address on the current system used to initiate mirroring and network failover heartbeat
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Why each option
The 'Failover Peer IP' entered in the BIG-IP setup utility refers to an IP address belonging to the other (peer) device in the redundant pair, used so the current system can reach its partner for failover communication.
While a management IP can sometimes serve this role, the field is not restricted to the management network; it refers broadly to any reachable address on the peer system, not exclusively the management interface.
The Failover Peer IP is an address configured on the partner BIG-IP system - typically a self IP or management IP on that peer - which the current system uses to contact its redundant pair partner. This allows the two systems to establish failover and HA communication with each other.
This describes the local system's own listening address for failover messages, which is the opposite of what the field requests - it asks for the peer's address, not a local address.
This describes an address on the current (local) system used to initiate mirroring or heartbeat traffic, which again is the wrong direction - the field asks for the peer's address, not the local system's.
Concept tested: BIG-IP redundant pair failover peer IP configuration
Source: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K2397
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