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Which process or system can be monitored by the BIGIP system and used as a failover trigger in a redundant pair configuration.

The correct answer is D. VLAN communication ability. The BIG-IP system can monitor VLAN communication to detect network failures, which can then be configured to trigger a failover in a redundant pair configuration.

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Question

Which process or system can be monitored by the BIGIP system and used as a failover trigger in a redundant pair configuration.

Options

  • Abandwidth utilization
  • Bduplicate IP address
  • CCPU utilization percentage
  • DVLAN communication ability

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • D
    90% (27)

Why each option

The BIG-IP system can monitor VLAN communication to detect network failures, which can then be configured to trigger a failover in a redundant pair configuration.

Abandwidth utilization

Bandwidth utilization is typically a performance metric and not a direct indicator of a critical system or network failure that would necessitate an automatic failover.

Bduplicate IP address

A duplicate IP address is a configuration error that could cause issues, but the BIG-IP's failover mechanism primarily monitors its own health, network health, or application health, not the presence of duplicate IPs.

CCPU utilization percentage

While high CPU utilization can indicate performance issues, it is not typically a direct trigger for a failover unless it leads to complete system unresponsiveness, which is a less specific and less immediate trigger than a network link failure.

DVLAN communication abilityCorrect

The BIG-IP system uses network failover to monitor the status of VLANs. If a configured VLAN loses connectivity or its health check fails, it indicates a network path failure, which can be configured as a failover trigger to ensure high availability.

Concept tested: BIG-IP failover trigger types - network

Source: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14135

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#failover triggers#high availability#VLAN communication

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