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xdo_217995
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusGTM servers' role
Hi,
I'm new to F5 and please bear with me if this question is too naive.
I can understand why GTM needs data centers, virtual servers, network, but couldn't get the role of the physical ser...
stan_piron
Cumulonimbus
CumulonimbusHi,
In GTM (BigIP DNS in version 12.0) :
- a server is a physical object
- a virtual server is the IP address / port combinaison of the load balanced service
a server can be :
- a load balancer defined with management IP (F5 LTM, Radware, Cisco).
- the server hosting multiple virtual hosts with several IPs
a virtual server can be a load balancer virtual server or a single service on a dedicated server.
if you want to load balance only a service on a server with the same IP, you need to create both server and virtual server with same IP.
