Network VS
Hi,
I just tested VS with Destination set to 10.128.80.40/29. According to subnet calc it gives me: Network Address:10.128.80.40/29 Broadcast Address:10.128.80.47 First host:10.128.80.41 Last host:10.128.80.46
First of all by default VIP has ARP unchecked so no ARP replies and not possible to connect from client - why it's default setting? In what scenario this VS can be reached? When selfIP of LTM is set as default gateway on connecting host (or last hop), so for example we have route 10.128.20.40 255.255.255.248 10.128.10.10 1 where 10.128.10.10 is self IP on LTM?
Second I tried to access VS using 10.128.80.40 (network) and 10.128.80.47 (broadcast) and still can connect to http server behind LTM.
Is that by design? I was pretty sure that net and broadcast IPs would be excluded from host ip range?
One last issue - when network VS is created then in Virtual Address List there is no info that it's net ip not host ip, in case of example above I see only 10.128.80.40 entry without any mask specified - a bit misleading and making it hard to discern between host and net addresses.
Tested on 11.6.0HF4 VE.
Piotr