Just to background, we are having two data centres with 6509 switches as netwrok. In main data centre two F5 (BIG IP 3600) devices in active & standby mode (source nat mode). In the process of upgrading the entire infrastructure within next 3-6 moths in following manner
1. Replace two F5 in primary DC & installing new F5 in secondary DC (F5 will be in routed mode for certain rquirement of cisco ISE)
2. Replace Cisco6509 in primary DC with Nexus( 2x 7010, 3x 6004 & FEX, etc)
3. Look at Nexus for secondary DC.
Below are the question I am having is about F5-Route Health Injection (to have same VIP on primary & secondary DC) to work in Cisco environment.
1. Does this feature required to have BGP as routing protocol in the network ?
2. Currently OSPF is the IGP in our network, concerning about using BGP for DC this setup. Will this utilize high processng/memory resource of existing 6509s.
3. Is this a recommended/ best practice approach ?
4. When the Nexus switches comes will this work each other. I know 6500 & Nexus is completely two different platforms ?
5. Is there any references around this sort of design/guidelines ?
Thanks
Rasika
