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Rahim_Abdulla's avatar
Rahim_Abdulla
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Apr 25, 2014

Can Big-IP send an alert for virtual server bouncebacks?

So we have clients and servers behind the Big-IP in in-line mode, so of course we need a SNAT for the client. But let's say we ... forgot to create a SNAT - is it possible to have Big-IP send out an ...
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What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
What_Lies_Bene1
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Apr 25, 2014

I don't think that would be useful. The only thing I can think of is an iRule that would be configured to increment a counter for every HTTP_RESPONSE and then write a log message on the CLIENT_CLOSED event if the counter value was 0 (thus there had been no responses seen).

 

Of course, this could generate false positives for many reasons.