[BIG-IP] Summary of information for setting up a Standard virtual server

Target environment

• BIG-IP Virtual Edition
  • version 15.x.x

Overview of Standard virtual server

• A Standard virtual server is a general purpose virtual server that is the default virtual server type when you create a virtual server.
• A Standard virtual server directs client traffic to a load balancing pool, and is the most basic type of virtual server.

Details of setting items

General Properties

• 

• Name
• Description
• Type
• Source Address
  • Specifies the client IP address or network on which the virtual server accepts traffic
• Destination Address/Mask
  • Specify the IP address (or subnet) of the virtual server
• Service Port
  • Specify the service port of the virtual server
• Notify Status to Virtual Address
• State

Configuration

The image below shows the setting items when TCP is selected as the [Protocol].

• 

• Protocol
  • *All Protocols
  • TCP
  • UDP
  • SCTP
  • IPsec ESP
  • IPsec AH
• Protocol Profile (Client)
• Protocol Profile (Server)
• HTTP Profile (Client)
• HTTP Profile (Server)
• HTTP Proxy Connect Profile
• FTP Profile
• RTSP Profile
• PPTP Profile
• SOCKS Profile
• Stream Profile
• XML Profile
• MQTT
• SSL Profile (Client)
• SSL Profile (Server)
• Authentication Profiles

• 

• SMTPS Profile
• POP3 Profile
• Client LDAP Profile
• Server LDAP Profile
• Service Profile
• SMTP Profile
• WebSocket Profile
• IMAP Profile
• SplitSession Client Profile
• SplitSession Server Profile
• Connector Profile
• DNS Profile
• Diameter Profile
• FIX Profile
• Request Adapt Profile
• Response Adapt Profile
• SIP Profile
• Statistics Profile
• VLAN and Tunnel Traffic
  • All VLANs and Tunnels
    • Specifies that virtual servers are enabled on all VLANs and tunnels configured on the system.
  • Enabled on
    • Specifies that the virtual server is enabled on the VLANs and tunnels specified in the Selected list.
  • Disabled on
    • Specifies to disable the virtual server on the VLANs and tunnels specified in the Selected list.
• VLANs and Tunnels
  • This setting item is displayed when Enabled on or Disabled on is selected for VLAN and Tunnel Traffic.
• Source Address Translation
  • SNAT
    • Translate source addresses based on the specified SNAT pool
  • Auto Map
    • Use BIG-IP’s own IP address as an address pool
  • None(default)
    • Do not translate the source address
• Bandwidth Controller
• Traffic Class
• Connection Limit
• Eviction Policy
• Eviction Protected
• Connection Rate Limit
• Connection Rate Limit Mode

• 

• Address Translation
• Port Translation
• Source Port
• Clone Pool (Client)
• Clone Pool (Server)
• Auto Last Hop
• Last Hop Pool
• Transparent Nexthop
• Classification Profile
• NAT64
• Request Logging Profile
• VS Score
• Immediate Action On Service Down

Content Rewrite

• 

• Immediate Action On Service Down
• HTML Profile

Acceleration

• 

• iSession Profile
• Rate Class
• OneConnect Profile
• NTLM Conn Pool
• HTTP Compression Profile
• Web Acceleration Profile
• HTTP/2 Profile (Client)
• HTTP/2 Profile (Server)
• HTTP MRF Router

Resources

• 

• iRules
• Policies
• Default Pool
• Default Persistence Profile
• Fallback Persistence Profile

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55185917

support.f5.com

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93017176

support.f5.com

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