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F5_Freek_243545
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Oct 05, 2016

TCP timeout issue

Hello Folks,   I'm going to ask a basic question..   Few applications (Lets say DB queries) getting time out issues. Between source and desitination, there is BIG IP forwarding VIP which is con...
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Jinshu
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Oct 07, 2016

Use below irule. It does the trick. If the connecton is TCP and the port number is 1521 (Oracle DB port), it will change the idle timeout to 30 mins. Else it will go back to your fast l4 profile settings.

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { 
 if {[IP::protocol] == 6 && [TCP::local_port] == 1521} {
      IP::idle_timeout 1800
   }
 else {
      return
}
}

-Jinshu