Network traffic disruption observed between F5 BIG-IP VMs running on an NSX segment and VMs on an HCX extended segment
Article ID: 376486
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Products
VMware NSX
VMware HCX
Issue/Introduction
Network traffic to an F5 BIG-IP VM's virtual IP (VIP) from VMs configured on an L2 HCX extended segment is intermittently disrupted
Environment
VMware HCX
VMware NSX
VMware NSX-T Data Center
F5 BIG-IP
Cause
MAC Change is enabled and MAC Learning is disabled in the segment profile defined for the segment used by F5 BIG-IP VMs
The F5 BIG-IP VM is configured with the same network range and subnet on both data plane and VIP virtual IP network.
Resolution
Ensure that MAC Change is disabled and MAC Learning is enabled in the segment profile defined for the segment used by F5 BIG-IP VMs
Ensure the Data plane segment and VIP of the F5 BIG-IP VMs are on different networks/subnets
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