{"id":224,"date":"2011-03-14T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T09:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2013-07-18T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T07:48:39","slug":"f5-big-ip-allowing-asymmetric-routing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/f5-big-ip-allowing-asymmetric-routing","title":{"rendered":"Allowing asymmetric routing in F5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-226\" title=\"f5\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f5.jpg\" width=\"131\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a>In this article, I assume that readers already know about the basic of <em>asymmetric routing<\/em> , So that I can immediately explain the steps to allow <em>asymmetric routing<\/em> traffic through the F5 (especially\u00a0 LTM and LC). In order to configure where F5 to accept the asymmetric traffic, then the procedure to be performed are as follows:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>First step &#8211; Make Fast4L Profile<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Create a FastL4 profile\u00a0 with the condition of <strong>&#8220;Loose initiation&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Loose Close&#8221;<\/strong> active (enable) and the <strong>Packet Velocity ASIC (PVA)<\/strong> is non-active (disable). This step can be done either via CLI or GUI, namely:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>A.<\/strong> <strong>Using the CLI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Typing the command:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">bigpipe profile fastl4 &lt;profile_name&gt; PVA acceleration none loose loose close enable enable initiation<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>B.<\/strong> <strong>By using the GUI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Go to the GUI menu<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click <strong>Local Traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click on <strong>Profiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Select <strong>FastL4<\/strong> from the drop-down <strong>Protocol<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Type the name of the desired profile<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Enable the option <strong>&#8220;Loose initiation&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Loose Close&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click the box <strong>&#8220;PVA Acceleration&#8221;<\/strong> and select &#8220;none&#8221; from its drop-down menu<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click finisihed<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227  alignleft\" title=\"step1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step1.gif\" width=\"307\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step1.gif 307w, https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step1-300x43.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>The second step &#8211; Applying profile in the first step to Virtual Server<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After the first step, the next step is to apply the profile that was created to the Virtual Server in fist step. The procedure is as follow:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228 aligncenter\" title=\"step2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step2.gif\" width=\"359\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step2.gif 359w, https:\/\/www.jaringankita.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/step2-300x106.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Login to the GUI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click <strong>Local Traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click on <strong>Virtual Servers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Click the Virtual Server desired<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Then select FastL4 profile that was created in step one above. This profile is contained in the drop-down <strong>&#8220;Protocol Profile&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>The third step &#8211; Disables VLAN-Keyed connection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Log into the CLI, then typing the command:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">db bigpipe Connection.VlanKeyed disabled<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I assume that readers already know about the basic of asymmetric routing , So that I can immediately explain the steps to allow asymmetric routing traffic through the F5 (especially\u00a0 LTM and LC). 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