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Internal servers can't access internet - F5 LTM VE
I'm a newbie to F5 so be easy on me :) . I setup an F5 LTM VE on Vsphere 4.1 and I have setup basic load balancing on 2 VM guest servers I created. I also have my Vsphere host trunked to my physical cisco switch. Everything seems to be working. From my home network I can access my VM guest servers on my Vsphere host but I can't access the internet from my VM guest servers. I tried playing with the default routes on the LTM but no luck. I aslo have the default gateway of the my VM guest web servers set for the self IP (20.20.20.40). I can also ping my SVI on my switch (20.20.20.1) with no problems. If I configure my VM guest web servers default gateway with the SVI of my cisco switch VLAN (20.20.20.1) then I can acess the internet but then it breaks my load balancing. Any help would be appreciated. Here's a little diagram of what I have.
VLAN 10
10.10.10.0 <--- ME
|
|
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- -
- Cisco 3550 Switch -
- Vlan 10 (10.10.10.1) -
- Vlan 20 (20.20.20.1) -
- Vlan 30 (30.30.30.1) -
- -
------------------------------------------------------
|
| <---TRUNKING 10,20,30
|
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- Vsphere Host 10.10.10.10 -
- F5 LTM VE 10.10.10.5 -
- Web Server VS IP 20.20.20.50 -
- Web Server Self IP 20.20.20.40 -
- Web Server 20.20.20.60 -
- Web Server 20.20.20.70 -
- -
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6 Replies
- What_Lies_Bene1
Cirrostratus
By default, your device won't route traffic that isn't handled by LTM. You need to either configure a forwarding Virtual Server or configure routing Virtual Servers. See this article for more information on configuring the routing Virtual Servers:
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solu...r=24070250
- Edwin_Jean_1044
Nimbostratus
I'm new to this F5 virtual forward stuff but I did what the article said with no luck. I also have it attached. Is there a certain way to configure this with the setup I have. Thanks in advance.
- What_Lies_Bene1
Cirrostratus
Ok, so, can you clarify what the default route is on both the VM guest server and the F5 please? - Edwin_Jean_1044
Nimbostratus
The default gateway I have set for my VM guest servers are 20.20.20.40. (Self IP). Also I created a default route to the gateway of 20.20.20.1 (Cisco switch Vlan SVI). Screenshot also attached.
- Edwin_Jean_1044
Nimbostratus
My mistake forgot to attach screenshot.
- What_Lies_Bene1
Cirrostratus
Can't see the attachment.
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