CSS to F5 migration question ( with multiple VLAN's)
Hi F5 Guru's I've a unique situation and was wondering if you could help me out
A) I have a CSS connected to the switch and that's currently doing the Load Balancing. The weird part of it is that the CSS has certain VLAN's defined with multiple IP address and since this was set up ages ago at client site, i couldn't figure out why they have done that. The public IP is being used as both VIP address and for end point server address. How do i migrate such set up to F5 . Should i split up the VLAN's to have their own individual subnets in F5.
circuit VLAN6 ip address 255.255.255.128 ip address 192.168.45.1 255.255.255.128 circuit VLAN5
ip address 192.168.50.1 255.255.255.0 ip address 255.255.255.224
B) The current set up has 5 Vlan's ( inclusive of the 2 above). I was wondering how i go about migrating. Can you advise me on the migration approach. The CSS is connected to a switch and it has servers directly connected to it and there are some downstream switches which also has some servers connected.
Are these setps below correct: A) Clear the VLAN config from CSS, clear Arp table and Mac entries. B) connect teh LTM 2000S to the same switch which has the CSS connected C) Configure the LTM with the VLAN's ( and the same IP's as it were in CSS) and associate those VLAN's to the trunk interface that connects the LTM to the switch.
this is the first time i'm wroking on the loadbalancers and any pointers will be appreciated.