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Refer to the exhibit. A BIG-IP Administrator needs to fall over the active device. The administrator logs into the Configuration Unity and navigates to Device Management > Traffic Group. However…
The correct answer is B. The BIG-IP Administrator is on the Standby Device. The 'Force to Standby' option in the BIG-IP Configuration Utility is greyed out when the administrator is logged into a device that is already in the standby state, as this action is only applicable to an active device.
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Refer to the exhibit. A BIG-IP Administrator needs to fall over the active device. The administrator logs into the Configuration Unity and navigates to Device Management > Traffic Group. However, Force to Standby is greyed out What is causing this issue?
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- AThe BIG-IP Administrator is NOT logged into command line to tail over
- BThe BIG-IP Administrator is on the Standby Device
- CThe BIG-IP Administrator is logged in as root
- DThe BIG-IP Administrator is logged in as administrator
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(44 responses)- A9% (4)
- B75% (33)
- C14% (6)
- D2% (1)
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The 'Force to Standby' option in the BIG-IP Configuration Utility is greyed out when the administrator is logged into a device that is already in the standby state, as this action is only applicable to an active device.
Logging into the command line is not a prerequisite for the 'Force to Standby' option to be available or function in the Configuration Utility, as it is a GUI-driven action.
The 'Force to Standby' option is designed to transition an active BIG-IP device into a standby state, thereby initiating a failover for its active traffic group. If the device is already operating in the standby state, this action is logically unavailable and will appear greyed out in the Configuration Utility because there is no active traffic group on that specific device to be forced into standby.
The root user has full administrative privileges, but user permissions do not affect whether the 'Force to Standby' option is greyed out if the device is already in a standby state.
The administrator user has sufficient privileges for this operation if the device is active; therefore, being logged in as 'administrator' is not the cause for the option being unavailable.
Concept tested: BIG-IP failover states and Configuration Utility options
Source: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14479
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