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Steve_Scott_873
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Jan 28, 2010

Unexpected TMOS utalsiation hit

I have a bigip 6400 platform running LTM v 9.4.7     We have an iRule to direct HTTP requests coming into the F5 from the datacentre out to the appropriate external service (For XML...
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hoolio
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Jan 28, 2010
I tested on a 6400 running 9.4.8. I didn't test to a pool. All my requests hit the catch statement for the non-existent pool condition. I was focusing on the iRule operation as opposed to load balancing. I guess there could be something horrible happening with the SSL negotiations or serverside connections, but I've never seen something like that use so many CPU cycles.

 

 

I actually work as a consultant for the partner you're working with. I talked with Chris about the case earlier this evening. The issue is a bit of a gray area between support and sizing/performance tuning. You might try going back to the support group on this. I can talk with Chris and give him some tips for troubleshooting with you.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Aaron