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Soda_Cup_148395
Nimbostratus
A layer 4 virtual server will allow you to apply and iRule that can perform actions at layer 4 events, like matching against destination port numbers.
Both servers will forward the initial SYN to its destination without waiting for the handshake to complete on the frontend. Using these profiles the f5 is effectively routing.
Frank_30530
Mar 28, 2017Altocumulus
Thanks for the answer.
I know that you can do a lot more with Performance L4 VS, and I found out that both VS seem to be effectively routing (L3) traffic on a packet-per-packet basis.
However, are both L3 and L4 vS definitions indeed equal, or are there some 'hidden' (subtle) differences that I did not notice?...