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JG_249184
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Jan 18, 2018

persist source_addr

Hello,   I have question on understanding persistence source address on the F5. Does this apply to only when you create a session it will always maintain that session to the same backend node? Or ...
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Connection attempt after the persistence timeout will be considered as a new connection instead of a returning connection. So in that scenario, your connection will load balanced as per the LB method.

 

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JG_249184
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Jan 18, 2018

Thank you for the response. To follow up with that.. If I were to enable indefinite timeout on a new custom persistence sour_addr profile and the VIP learns the client IP address, will it always forwards it to the same backend server even with brand new connections from the same client IP?