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AhmedMS's avatar
AhmedMS
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Dec 24, 2023

F5 LTM question automap

Dears, A simple question: Could you please advise when to use automap? (Automap use cases)   thank you
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yakai
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Hello,

Generally SNAT is a feature server guys do not like ( it hides real client ip addresses in server logs).

SNAT is configured whenever your servers default route does not pass through your BIGIP, in this case you have to change client source IP address by F5 floating Self to force server to return traffic back to your bigip.

Hope this helps.

 

Regards

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zamroni777
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Dec 26, 2023

but without snat, oneconnect wont be possible.
i have seen a big customer gets downtime (server overwhelmed) without connection pooling like oneconnect.