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Mike_Maher
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Apr 26, 2011

IPv6 translation to v4

So we are in the process of doing a POC in our labs using Big-IP. Currently we have LTM and ASM on 2 seperate hardware devices. Right now I have an ASM setup with a v6 Virtual Server, that has SNATi...
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hoolio
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Apr 26, 2011
Hi Mike,

 

 

ASM doesn't completely support IPv6 in current versions. I think you should be able to get IPv6 traffic through ASM, but IP-specific functionality like DDOS won't work yet. I'd get in touch with the person helping with the PoC to get more details.

 

 

Is there a reason you have ASM processing the traffic first? Do you have an ASM standalone unit or a full ASM? Can you try with an IPv6 client facing virtual server which points to a pool containing the IPv4 ASM virtual server?

 

 

Aaron