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Why are there two data frontend IP addresses in Azure?

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Applies to

  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO)
  • Microsoft Azure

Answer

  • Frontend IP addresses are made for every LIF that fails over during a failover event
  • By default node 1 and node 2 have their own data LIFs so they each need a frontend IP address for failover

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