LTM Placement in a network

 

Well the most common and ideal design should be:

 

 

Logical flow should be:

 

Firewall >> LTM >> Switches >> Server farm

 

 

Physical Placement

 

Firewall connected to switch

 

LTM connected to same switch (with default GW as firewall)

 

Remaining ports on the switches will carry your Server VLANs (and additional switches is required)

 

 

Your servers may or may not have LTMs as a default gw depends on the requirement (if not you can always use SNAT automap)

 

 

 

-Ajmal

 

Scrap that, just reread Ajmal's post and he had it covered.

 

 

So just worth noting that your servers don't have to be that 'local' although that is the ideal (and they could even be behind another firewall).