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Blackmail88
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusAbout Self IP, and Virtual IP
hi all, i just learning F5 about 1 month, so i have a lot of quiestion regarding how actually F5 works. especially about Self IP and Virtual IP. as far as i know Self IP is an IP address for VLAN...
Something like above? You can easy make such drawing with draw.io or such, it helps a lot in explaining networks and asking questions about them.
Then indeed, as long as the user knows that the virtual server IPs can be reached via the self IP through routing there is no actually TCP connection with the selfIP.
boneyard
MVP
MVPIn a case like this a network drawing really helps. Also im missing some details like to routing setup. You say switch but do you mean a layer 3 switch or really a layer 2 switch? In that cause where are the gateways for the real server and user network?
Assuming you are pointing your user(s) towards the self IP with a route then the traffic will end up on the BIG-IP it will handle it. That is on routing level, not on TCP connection level between client and server.