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ccook_14058
Sep 11, 2014Nimbostratus
Virtual Server using external site as pool member, routing problem?
I believe my issue is pretty straight forward but I'm not able to get it going.
I'm not able to use an external host ( a host that my F5 does not have direct access to via one of its vlans ) as a poo...
What_Lies_Bene1
Sep 12, 2014Cirrostratus
As boneyard has said, you configure routes (default or otherwise) 'under' the Networking tab.
You need to consider routing for two things;
- Health Monitors - you'll need to ensure your F5 can reach your Pool Members and that they can respond to the Self IP(s) of the F5. How your routing is setup will determine which interface, VLAN and subnet and thus Self IP is used.
- Clients - you can SNAT, in which case you the same rules as per Health Monitors apply, or not, in which case you need to ensure your Pool Members route back to the client source IPs via the F5 (not directly). This isn't always possible, hence the common recommendation to SNAT.
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