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a_basharat_2591
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May 26, 2016

In/Out Traffic Statistic on F5-LTM in HA mode

Hi,   I've got a HA pair, one acting as Active and one as Standby. I have set up a Virtual Server [VS-IP] for SSH sessions using port 22, so the F5 Load balances the requests to the VS-IP througho...
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  • Yann_Desmarest_'s avatar
    Yann_Desmarest_
    May 26, 2016

    Hi,

     

    IN is for Peer to F5 and OUT stand for F5 to the peer. I think that the OUT should include the monitoring traffic. You have traffic initiated from peer to F5 on the active unit only.

     

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Yann_Desmarest
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May 26, 2016

Hi,

 

IN is for Peer to F5 and OUT stand for F5 to the peer. I think that the OUT should include the monitoring traffic. You have traffic initiated from peer to F5 on the active unit only.

 

  • a_basharat_2591's avatar
    a_basharat_2591
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    May 26, 2016
    OK thanks, understood, So IN/OUT shoul be looked from the F5 perspective: In [traffic comming to the F5], OUT [traffic leaving the F5]. What still baffle me is the fact that the Standby is registering traffic toward the Servers. And they are the same statistics as on the Active Peer.