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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.

The correct answer is B. an address of the other system in a redundant pair configuration. When configuring a BIG-IP redundant pair, the "Failover Peer IP" refers to an IP address on the other device in the pair. This address allows the current system to establish communication for failover events with its partner.

Section 6: Configure High Availability

Question

When using the setup utility to configure a redundant pair, you are asked to provide a "Failover Peer IP". Which address is this.

Options

  • 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 BIGIP
  • Dan address on the current system used to initiate mirroring and network failover heartbeat messages

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    94% (33)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

When configuring a BIG-IP redundant pair, the "Failover Peer IP" refers to an IP address on the other device in the pair. This address allows the current system to establish communication for failover events with its partner.

Aan address of the other system in its management network

While it might be an address on the management network, the critical part is that it's of the other system, not just specifically the management network, and it's for failover, not just general management.

Ban address of the other system in a redundant pair configurationCorrect

When configuring a redundant BIG-IP pair using the setup utility, the "Failover Peer IP" explicitly asks for an IP address of the other system in the redundant pair. This address is used by the local device to communicate with its partner for purposes like sending and receiving failover heartbeat messages and determining the health and state of the peer device.

Can address on the current system used to listen for failover messages from the partner BIGIP

This describes an address on the current system used to listen for failover messages, but the Failover Peer IP refers to the address of the partner system.

Dan address on the current system used to initiate mirroring and network failover heartbeat messages

This describes an address on the current system used to initiate mirroring and network failover heartbeat messages, but the Failover Peer IP refers to the destination address on the partner system.

Concept tested: BIG-IP redundant pair failover configuration

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#failover peer IP#redundant pair setup#high availability

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