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swo0sh_gt_13163
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Feb 05, 2015

Newbie to GTM: What is the Wide IP?

Hello Folks,   Sorry if the question looks too basic, but I am new to GTM and what I've heard about the Wide-IP is, it is an FQDN and host multiple VSs to present the content of that FQDN.   Do...
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gsharri
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Feb 05, 2015

Each virtual server address in a GTM pool will be an A record for the wideip it is associated with. You can see this by viewing the zones in the web interface. GTM creates a zone for the wideip domain and creates an A record for each virtual server.

 

I'm not sure I understand the question regarding the self-ip.

 

Scott