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BugZero found this defect 1441 days ago.

F5 | 913125

Ratio session based Load balancing does not work

Last update date:

5/17/2024

Affected products:

BIG-IP

BIG-IP TMOS

Affected releases:

11.6.5

11.6.5.1

11.6.5.2

11.6.5.3

12.0.0

12.0.0 HF1

12.1.0 HF1

12.0.0 HF2

12.1.0 HF2

12.0.0 HF3

12.0.0 HF4

12.1.1 HF1

Fixed releases:

No fixed releases provided.

Description:

Ratio session based Load balancing does not work over MRF framework with Diameter, SIP protocols; all traffic is directed to a single pool member. ... Impact ... All of the SIP traffic is directed to a single server, or the actual Ratio is not maintained correctly depending on the actual calls/configuration ... FIRST WORKAROUND: Create duplicate pool members using the same server. ... For example if you have two servers, server A and B, and you want a ratio of 2:3, configure multiple pool members to achieve the desired ratio: A:5060 A:5061 B:5060 B:5061 B:5062 Impact of workaround: You must also disable port translation for the virtual server, and you must configure round robin load balancing. ... Also, the ratio is not preserved if one of the pool members goes down. ... SECOND WORKAROUND: If you are unable to use multiple ports on the same server, you could also use multiple IP addresses. ... The following pool configuration also achieves a 2:3 ratio between server A and server B: ?

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