ACE VIPs not advertising or visible

Question

Hi,
The VIPs on my ACE configuration are not advertising themselves. They don't show up in the ARP table in the upstream router/firewall.
The VIPs are configured to be "Inservice". I have probes that are successful. I can access the real servers behind the ACE successfully via pings, ssh, http, etc.
Here's part of my config:
policy-map multi-match int204-n2
class SMTP_Inbound_LB
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy SMTP_Inbound_LB-l7slb
loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
Is there anything else I need to add? The VIPs aren't responding to pings. The VIPs aren't showing up in the arp table of the upstream router/firewall.
I know there used to be a "loadbalance vip advertise" command, but that command is no longer valid or available.
I am running code version A1.8(0) on the ACE 4710 appliance.
I have this ACE also configured as a bridge. Is there something special I need to add to make the VIPs advertise themselves, respond to pings, etc.?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Gilles,
Yes, the policy is assigned to both VLAN interfaces of the bridge-group.
Yes, all VIPs show INSERVICE when I run the command "show service-policy int204-n2"
None of the VIPs are responding to pings or showing up in arp table of the upstream router/firewall.
The VIPs are part of the local subnet. I can't ping the local interface (BVI interface) of the bridge-group from the upstream firewall/router.
Yes, the ACE has an arp entry for the upstream router/firewall. The upstream firewall is also the ACE's default-gateway for this context.
Thanks,
Herman