alokjhafb_28741
May 11, 2018Nimbostratus
Usefulness of server ip on Big-IP DNS systems
I am trying to understand on a F5 GTM system, what purpose does the server ip fulfill?
Say I am setting up a WideIP that's supposed to return the IP of a generic host. How I'd typically go about it is a.) create a "server" object that corresponds to a DataCenter and then b.) configure virtual servers that are part of this server.
The Big-IP system requires an IP address for this 'server' object and it doesn't seem to matter what IP you enter - because ultimately - it's the IP of one of the virtual servers that gets returned as the WideIP anyway.
I've set up Generic Host servers with made up IPs and it has still worked.