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faziz_252121
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Feb 29, 2016

BIG-IP VM Connectivity

Hi   I have LAB with 3 web server VMs, & BIG-IP LTM running on VMware Workstation   BIG-IP:   Network adapter 2 connect to vmnet 4 :172.16.10.1 -External BIG-IP : 172.16.10.100-,   Networ...
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Daniel_Epperson
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Mar 03, 2016

For inbound connections, that is, connections initiated by a client node, SNATs ensure that server nodes always send responses back through the BIG-IP system, when the servers default route would not normally do so. See the Manual Chapter: Configuring SNATs for more details.