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escman
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Aug 18, 2023

Outbound iRule / BGP routing

Hey sirs, I would like to ask a question about the order of precedence/execute of a connection that consumes a forwarding virtual server/routing table. Currently, we have a forwarding any:0 virtual...
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Paulius's avatar
Paulius
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Aug 20, 2023

escman Can you please rephrase what you're asking because I'm not understanding that last sentence.

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    escman
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    Aug 20, 2023

    Hi Paulius,

    My main question is how does a connection is handled by F5 (which triggered first, routing table or vip behavior), assuming that I have a BGP session for route the outbound traffic and also have a forwarding IP VIP with default_gateway_pool and irule.

    Thank you

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      JRahm
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      Aug 21, 2023

      HI escman, the important thing to understand is that the routing table is HOW packets are forwarded on BIG-IP, but that is completely moot if a listener (virtual server) is not configured to allow traffic to flow through the BIG-IP. As far as precedence is concerned with the virtual servers, that information is covered in knowledge article K14800.