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A BIG-IP Administrator is performing maintenance on the active BIG-IP device of an HA pair. The BIG- IP Administrator needs to minimize traffic disruptions. What should the BIG-IP Administrator do to

The correct answer is C. Force the BIG-IP device to standby.. To perform maintenance on an active BIG-IP device in an HA pair with minimal traffic disruption, the administrator should force the active device to standby, initiating a failover.

Section 6: Configure High Availability

Question

A BIG-IP Administrator is performing maintenance on the active BIG-IP device of an HA pair. The BIG- IP Administrator needs to minimize traffic disruptions. What should the BIG-IP Administrator do to start the maintenance activity?

Options

  • AReboot the BIG-IP device.
  • BMove resources to a new Traffic Group.
  • CForce the BIG-IP device to standby.
  • DDisable switch ports of the BIG-IP device.

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    88% (28)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

To perform maintenance on an active BIG-IP device in an HA pair with minimal traffic disruption, the administrator should force the active device to standby, initiating a failover.

AReboot the BIG-IP device.

Rebooting an active BIG-IP device without first failing it over would immediately interrupt all traffic processing on that device, causing significant disruption.

BMove resources to a new Traffic Group.

Moving resources to a new Traffic Group affects which device owns which configuration objects, but it does not directly control the active/standby state of the device itself for maintenance purposes.

CForce the BIG-IP device to standby.Correct

Forcing the active BIG-IP device to standby causes a controlled failover, transferring the active role and traffic processing to the peer device, thereby minimizing disruption while allowing maintenance on the now-standby unit.

DDisable switch ports of the BIG-IP device.

Disabling switch ports of an active BIG-IP device would immediately halt all network connectivity and traffic flow, leading to a complete outage and high disruption.

Concept tested: F5 BIG-IP HA failover for maintenance

Topics

#HA#Failover#Maintenance#Active/Standby

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