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Kai_Wilke
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Apr 12, 2019

Hi Sajan,

 

the reason for this is, that just the Standard Virtual Server is able to establish two independend TCP sessions (client / server side) to negotiate the SSL/TLS channels on each of the sides correctly. A Performance L4 Virtual uses just one TCP session in pass-through mode...

 

K12015: Configuration requirements for SSL virtual servers, profiles, pools, and monitors

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12015

 

K8082: Overview of TCP connection setup for BIG-IP LTM virtual server types

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K8082

 

Cheers, Kai