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insert12_38638
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Dec 17, 2014

Source address persistence.

We have an issue to distribute load intelligently among the servers. Our external traffic nat'd on firewall using a group of IP addresses. As soon as VS receive incoming connections , VIP distribute...
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Dec 17, 2014

Hey insert12,

 

As long as the VS is not an SSL-passthrough (the F5 can read and interpret data above Layer 4), you should be able to utilize other types of persistence like cookie persistence. Just make sure you also apply an HTTP profile to the VS. The configuration guide for the code you are on should assist with deploying these profiles.

 

If the VS is an SSL-passthrough, then you can try using a persistence like SSL. We have had good and bad success with SSL persistence. F5 describes SSL session persistence as: "SSL persistence is a type of persistence that tracks SSL sessions using the SSL session ID, and it is a property of each individual pool." https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm-concepts-11-5-1/10.htmlunique_58886863