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gitler_162652
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Jul 02, 2014

Hight Avilability on tcp/ip level using f5 product

Hi we are the company that selling application to our customers   i'm currently trying to identify if we can use your product to organise a HA on tcp/ip level but didn't find any documentation sa...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Jul 02, 2014

If I may add, the BIG-IP is a network proxy device. Like a router or a switch, it plugs into TCP/IP networks, but unlike a switch or router is highly intelligent at OSI layers 4 through 7. The protocols that you mention are simply the ones that BIG-IP is "smarter" about than others. It is agnostic to any other protocols and can handle any TCP or UDP traffic.