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Fozail_183609
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Jan 06, 2018

Priority for Weight/Score in topology record would be highest or lowest

Dear Experts,   While configuring topology records, I noticed that highest weight/score takes preference over low weight/score (both source and destination are same in the topology record, only di...
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kolom
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Jan 06, 2018

Hello Fozail , In the event that a name resolution request matches more than one topology record, the BIG-IP DNS system uses the destination object with the highest weight (score) to determine which statement it uses to load balance the request.link text

 

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kolom
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Jan 07, 2018

Hi Fozail , I've tested it before on 11.x (i guess it was 11.5) and the behavior was the same ( the highest weight takes precedence) .Mostly they need to change this info on the mentioned manual.