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Martin_Vlasko
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Apr 16, 2015

Backend server doesn't talk to its own VIP - asymmetric routing

Hi,   We are running a standard load balancing setup - one external and one internal interface with tagged VLANs on each interface.   The VIP lives on external side. The VIP uses a SNAT pool ...
application delivery
asymmetric
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amolari
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Apr 16, 2015

I think at this point it's best to create a new VIP on the internal network and reuse the same pool. You could also differentiate the tcp profile (if external vip has wan-optimized, it would make sense to use lan-optimized for backend-backend communication)