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Tim_Brown's avatar
Tim_Brown
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Jul 24, 2009

LTM bypass after client connect

Is there a way configure a virtual on an LTM (on a stick) to simply pass a client connect to the selected node in a pool and then step out of the connection so the server can respond directly to a cli...
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hoolio's avatar
hoolio
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Jul 24, 2009
If it were HTTP, you could redirect the client to the actual server IP address so the client would then make requests direct to the server. I don't think there is a way to redirect a MS terminal server request. I suppose you could use nPath to allow the server to use the VIP address and respond back directly to the client. The client would continue to send packets to the VIP, but the response wouldn't go through LTM.

 

 

That said, why are you wanting to do this? I think it would be more efficient to have LTM broker the connections. And the general idea behind terminal services is that minimal data is actually sent between the client and the server.

 

 

Aaron