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Doran_Lum_13484
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusNoob question on VS and node
Hi all, I have a F5 here being setup by the previous F5 administrator.
Our previous webserver was 10.8.6.19 and it was replace by this F5 10.8.10.12 and 10.8.10.14 are the Application server.
I don't quite understand is that why is the VS is set as the web server IP and not the application server ?
When I check on the firewall, the public IP is pointing to 10.8.6.19 which makes me more confusing.
Ltm::Node: 10.8.10.12 (10.8.10.12)
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : Node address is available
Monitor : /Common/icmp (default node monitor)
Monitor Status : up
Session Status : enabled
Ltm::Node: 10.8.10.14 (10.8.10.14)
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : Node address is available
Monitor : /Common/icmp (default node monitor)
Monitor Status : up
Session Status : enabled
Ltm::Pool: test_pool_15005
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The pool is available
Monitor : test_tcp_15005
Minimum Active Members : 0
Current Active Members : 2
Total Requests : 0
Current Sessions : 0
Ltm::Pool: test_pool_15007
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The pool is available
Monitor : test_tcp_15007
Minimum Active Members : 0
Current Active Members : 1
Total Requests : 0
Current Sessions : 0
Ltm::Pool: test_pool_https
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The pool is available
Monitor : test_tcp_18080
Minimum Active Members : 0
Current Active Members : 1
Total Requests : 1484
Current Sessions : 18446744073709551615
Ltm::Virtual Server: test_vs_10080
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The virtual server is available
CMP : enabled
CMP Mode : all-cpus
Destination : 10.8.6.19:10080
Ltm::Virtual Server: test_vs_10081
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The virtual server is available
CMP : enabled
CMP Mode : all-cpus
Destination : 10.8.6.19:10081
Ltm::Virtual Server: test_vs_https
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The virtual server is available
CMP : enabled
CMP Mode : all-cpus
Destination : 10.8.6.19:443
Ltm::Virtual Server: test_vs_stunnel
Status Availability : available
State : enabled
Reason : The virtual server is available
CMP : enabled
CMP Mode : all-cpus
Destination : 10.8.6.19:10443
Vitaliy_SavransNacreous
Hi, A virtual server (VS) is a traffic-management object on the BIG-IP system that is represented by an IP address and a service. In your case, there is VS 10.8.6.19 with different services https, 10443, etc. VS directs the traffic according to your configuration to different pools or nodes (app servers). Your app servers is behind VS 10.8.6.19. How it works: the BIG-IP system typically translates the destination address of VS in a request to the actual address of a server node, and translates the actual source address in a response to the virtual server address.