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deh_21598
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Aug 09, 2012

Why LTM uses 0.0.0.2 as source IP for monitoring ?

Hello.

 

 

What I did:

 

create vlan

 

create route domain

 

net route-domain 1 {

 

description f5-inside

 

vlans {

 

f5-inside

 

}

 

 

 

 

create self IP and default route

 

net self 10.15.250.6%1/30 {

 

allow-service default

 

vlan f5-inside

 

}

 

 

net route default%1 {

 

gw 10.15.250.5%1

 

}

 

 

 

 

now BigIP accessible from my network

 

 

 

Then add nodes and create pool.

 

 

 

ltm node 10.15.3.11%1 {

 

dynamic-ratio 12

 

monitor snmp

 

screen db5

 

session monitor-enabled

 

status up

 

}

 

ltm node 10.15.3.12%1 {

 

monitor none

 

screen db6

 

session monitor-enabled

 

}

 

 

 

 

ltm pool dbs {

 

members {

 

10.15.3.11%1:ncube-lm {

 

session monitor-enabled

 

}

 

10.15.3.12%1:ncube-lm {

 

session monitor-enabled

 

}

 

}

 

monitor tcp

 

service-down-action reselect

 

}

 

 

 

 

 

 

All nodes with simple tcp health monitoring became red.

 

Turn on tcpdump on interface and here what I see:

 

 

 

tcpdump -nn -i f5-inside

 

tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode

 

listening on f5-inside, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 108 bytes

 

 

 

 

12:24:37.193959 IP 0.0.0.2.13452 > 10.15.3.11.161: C=new GetRequest(30) .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.5.0

 

12:24:43.285081 IP 0.0.0.2.17429 > 10.15.3.12.1521: S 4257356921:4257356921(0) win 5760

 

12:24:45.386729 IP 0.0.0.2.45812 > 10.15.3.11.1521: S 3199704795:3199704795(0) win 5760

 

12:24:46.284817 IP 0.0.0.2.17429 > 10.15.3.12.1521: S 4257356921:4257356921(0) win 5760

 

12:24:47.193349 IP 0.0.0.2.46596 > 10.15.3.11.161: C=new GetRequest(30) .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.5.0

 

12:24:48.386451 IP 0.0.0.2.45812 > 10.15.3.11.1521: S 3199704795:3199704795(0) win 5760

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why it uses 0.0.0.2 as source address for monitoring?

 

LTM version 10.2.4 build 595.0

 

I have another LTM with same desing, but with version 10.2 - all works fine.

 

3 Replies

  • Hi Deh,

     

     

    This is the right forum. I'm not sure why this would happen. If you don't have a self IP on the same subnet as the node addresses, do you have a TMM and host route to get to the nodes? If that doesn't work, can you open a case with F5 Support?

     

     

    Thanks, Aaron
  • Tnx Aaron.

     

    No, it don't have Self IPs from nodes subnet.

     

    And nothing changed after adding route to nodes subnet.