Forum Discussion
Kevin_Stewart
Sep 30, 2013Employee
Getting a somewhat clearer picture.
OUTBOUND: If you want to be able to talk to the outside world through the LTM, the LTM must be able to forward/route the traffic outbound. This requires a forwarding VIP and default outbound route on the LTM, and for the servers to send requests in the LTM's direction.
INBOUND: If you want to be able to route traffic through the LTM from the outside (or another network/VLAN) to servers on the inside, you either need a NAT (1-1 IP mapping) or a virtual server (wildcard or specific).
The LTM is a default deny device, so you have to specific about what services you want to be able to pass, and from which direction.