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Jim_Betts_47293
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Dec 14, 2007

Outbound routing creates connections that never clear

Hello:     I installed my shiny new GTM/LTM last Sunday and things looked pretty good until yesterday afternoon.     I noticed on the Performance->Active Connections graph that there was a...
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  • Deb_Allen_18's avatar
    Deb_Allen_18
    Jan 31, 2008
    Aaron is right, this pattern smacks of indefinite reaper timeout. Check to make sure the timeout on the tcp profile isn't set to 0/indefinite.

     

     

    /deb
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JRahm
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Dec 14, 2007
BTW, the route dictates where the LTM sends the traffic, the virtual forwarder 0.0.0.0/0 is required to allow the traffic to flow. In version 9, the F5 is a default-deny box, so any desired flows need permission, even if routes are present.