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Michael_Hull_61's avatar
Michael_Hull_61
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Jan 13, 2006

Immediate reset when all nodes for a VS are unavailable

Hi everybody,     I have searched hi and lo with no success to find a solution for our app developers regarding the BigIP sending an immediate reset when all nodes are unavailable for a particul...
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rapmaster_c_127's avatar
rapmaster_c_127
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Jan 17, 2006
Looking at the code, I can see where we drop the SYN silently if we weren't able to connect to a viable server in fastL4. I can see an argument for having this be configurable on the profile so that we send a RST instead (or, with more iRule versatility, allowing RSTs to be sent via an abort command from the LB_FAILED handler in fastL4.)

 

 

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