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Cory_50405
Noctilucent
Typically end user traffic is directed to the virtual server, which then load balances the connection across the two backend servers. The return traffic from your servers will either route back out through the BIG-IP (specifying it as a default gateway for example) or the BIG-IP will use source NAT (SNAT) to ensure that all return traffic from the servers comes back through the BIG-IP.
Hope this answers your question. If not, keep 'em coming.
Cory_50405
Aug 12, 2014Noctilucent
Typically something like this:
End user wants to access your application. Types the FQDN corresponding to your application into his browser, http://www.example.com for example, which DNS resolves to the IP address on your virtual server. BIG-IP then proxies the connection through to the backend servers.
So DNS configurations would need to be in place as well, unless you are accessing the application directly by IP address. In this case, that IP address would be the virtual server address.