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Brian_Saunders1
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Jun 19, 2014

GTM LTM Integration Discovery With Pre-Existing GTM Server Entries

Hello all,   I'd like to integrate our GTMs with our LTMs for better Virtual Server awareness without having to add a ton of firewall rules for health checking. The bulk of our GTM server entries...
application delivery
availability
BIG-IP DNS
design
integration
LTM
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Cory_50405
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Jun 19, 2014

Whether or not you are able to use virtual server discovery depends on your setup. Take a look at this and see if it applies to your scenario. It might make your decision for you:

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/100/sol9138.html

 

Manually populating the virtual server list on the LTM is still a better option than defining GTM servers for each LTM virtual server and running a health check to each one.