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MR_RJ
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Apr 29, 2009

Draining issues with Ms IIS and F5 LTM/BigIP 9.4.6

Hi,     Maybe this question doesn't belong in this forum but since it involves the LTM and load balancing I'll post it anyway since there must be others out there with similar issues.  ...
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SamS_81032
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May 05, 2009
Most of the apps we use are session state aware (i.e. the session state is stored in a DB), so doing a "Reject" will simply force the client to another node within the pool and their session will continue as normal.

 

 

We use ASP.NET with the web-heads talking to the app layer via SOAP.

 

 

I believe sending a TCP RST (Reset) simply tells the TCP/IP Stack in Windows to resend the packet and most apps should continue as normal.

 

 

I haven't had an opportunity to test the "Reselect" option yet. It was the "Reject" option that was recommended by F5 support.