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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.
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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 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)- A3% (1)
- B6% (2)
- C88% (28)
- D3% (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.
Rebooting an active BIG-IP device without first failing it over would immediately interrupt all traffic processing on that device, causing significant disruption.
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.
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.
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
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