Message based load balancing for no standard message format

Hi, all.

 

We have a message based load balancing requirement very similar to what is described in the following white paper:

 

http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/message-based-load-balancing-wp.pdf

 

 

The message format we are using is private (2 bytes binary header + binary payload).

 

We will do load balancing based on one field in the message.

 

 

My questions are:

 

(1) Is it possible to use F5 message based load balancing framework to support our private message format? If it's possible, is there any documentation or example for this?

 

(2) If using F5 message based load balancing framework is not possible, can I create iRules script to achieve similar goal? I am thinking using OneConnect and TCP. Any example?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

Vincent