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flitz_29934
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Feb 23, 2012

HTTP class filters : how does it work internal ?

Hello everybody !     I'm wondering how the http class filters does really work. I've read some explanation in a course, in the doc and in the GUI help but there is something important that is m...
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nathe
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Feb 23, 2012
Flitz

 

 

Qu. Is this traffic dropped or is it forwarded to the "default pool" configured in the virtual server (config done in the LTM) ???

 

Ans. Yes it will be sent to the pool associated with the matching VS. If you wanted to you could send any traffic matching the http class profile, and being sent to the ASM, to a different pool.

 

 

From another post on http class profiles that I was involved with, hoolio added these two v useful links:

 

 

SOL6754: Traffic flow for BIG-IP ASM-enabled virtual servers

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/700/sol6754.html

 

 

SOL8018: Overview of the BIG-IP HTTP class traffic flow

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/000/sol8018.html

 

 

Hope this helps

 

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