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asayer_6572
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Jan 21, 2010

LDAP - Tracking Heavy Clients

Hi all,   we have are using a pair of LTM1500's(v9.4.7) to LB LDAP 389 and 636.     I am trying to get stats on client usage.   For example what client IP's have the highest tra...
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hoolio
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Jan 22, 2010
Hi,

 

 

Is there something in particular you're trying to achieve?

 

 

LTM doesn't store these types of metrics by default. It would be a little difficult to track the top X client IP's, as that would require keeping a count of every client IP address that accesses the VIP or logging every single request to the VIP.

 

 

You could use a stats profile and iRule to collect arbitrary statistics. But whether it will work for you scenario depends on what you're trying to do. Here is an article from Joe with a great example of using an iRule and stats profile together:

 

 

Custom Reporting with iRules

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=66

 

 

Aaron