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sergio_baza_alo
Altocumulus
AltocumulusRouting in a standard virtual server
Hello all,
I want to use a virtual server with a TCP profile attached and without pool members.
In the network I’m going to set this virtual server as default gateway and this vs should ro...
Two options that I know of.
Do exactly what you said you didn't want to do, create a node that is the IP address of your next hop, toss that into a pool, assign this single noded pool to your VS. Assign a ping monitor on it if you want to verify it is up. Otherwise assign no monitors to it.
Option 2, do not assign a pool to the VS and instead use an iRule to forward traffic to the next hop IP address: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.nexthop.ashx I usually do this option with a forwarding server instead of a standard server because I did not want a full proxy for this traffic.
BigD_300005
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusTwo options that I know of.
Do exactly what you said you didn't want to do, create a node that is the IP address of your next hop, toss that into a pool, assign this single noded pool to your VS. Assign a ping monitor on it if you want to verify it is up. Otherwise assign no monitors to it.
Option 2, do not assign a pool to the VS and instead use an iRule to forward traffic to the next hop IP address: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.nexthop.ashx I usually do this option with a forwarding server instead of a standard server because I did not want a full proxy for this traffic.
sergio_baza_aloI ended using a ip forwarding server. Thanks
- BigD_300005
No prob!