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Asmara's avatar
Asmara
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Nov 11, 2020

Would it possible to create virtual server in different subnet than a VLAN

Hi everybody,      I'm wondering if the following design can work ?      I would like to know if the Virutal Server (VS) can be set in a subnet not known by the F5, I mean in a subnet not a...
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Giorgi_Gujabidz
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Nov 13, 2020

It is an interesting question. I always thought that it is not possible, as an official documentation states, that when you're creating Virtual Server, in the Destination Address field, you should: "The IP address or addresses for this field must be on the same subnet as the external self-IP address."

 

I've just checked and this statement is even in the latest version:

https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-14-1-0/big-ip-local-traffic-management-basics-14-1-0/about-virtual-servers.html#GUID-5EDFD248-434E-4D3D-BBB8-1BCE9D24125B

 

But James said that's not a problem. I wonder why the documentation restricts it? I should try it in LAB environment.