What is the _tmm_apm_fwd_vip_http virtual server ?

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Hi All&nbsp;
I have a APM and version is 11.5.3.&nbsp;
I through the tcpdump capture traffic then I found traffic hit the _tmm_apm_fwd_vip_http virtual server.&nbsp;
Who can help me explain the VS in detail.&nbsp;
What is its purpose?&nbsp;
Thanks&nbsp;
D.Luo&nbsp;

lucas_thompson_ · Answer

This vip is created when you provision APM, it's part of 3 that handle Network Access traffic from a "connectivity profile", which is basically a special tunnel type of network interface. It's used as the forwarding virtual server for Network Access to process APM ACLs.
The vips can be overridden by setting a higher-specificity (source or dest IP) vip on the connectivity profile vlan.&nbsp;
_tmm_apm_fwd_vip_http: This vip catches the HTTP traffic on port 80 and applies L7 and L4 ACLs. &nbsp;
_tmm_apm_fwd_vip: This vip catches everything besides port 80 and applies L4 ACLs.&nbsp;
The reason these are in there is that when a new network flow ingresses to BIG-IP, it must consult the list of virtual servers to determine how to handle the traffic. If a new flow doesn't match any virtual server listeners, it's dropped.&nbsp;
I'm not sure exactly what information you're looking for, but that's basically what it is.&nbsp;

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