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Hi Gonzalex,
You have 3 types of SNAT:
Source Address Translation : Auto Map
the F5 is SNATing (translate source address) to a floating-ip (if cluster) or self-IP (if standalone) in the egress interface.
Source Address Translation : Snat Pool
In this case, when you create a snat pool even if you don't assign snat pool to a virtual server, IP set in the snat pool will be notify to the network (ARP). So user can Ping this IP... If you want to nat user request with SNAT POOL IP you have to set it on your VS.
additiona, snat is initiated from one direction depending on configuration.
Source Address Translation : NAT
In this case NAT provides a routable address for sending packets to or from a node that has a private class IP address. So you don't need to use it trough an Virtual Server.you might want to allow a client on an external network to send a request directly to a specific internal node (thus bypassing the normal load balancing server selection).
So tu sum up you don't need to set NAT in VS in order to use it. You can use NAT just by create NAT Rules...
Let me now if it's clear...