Manual Chapter : Black Hole Route

Applies To:

Versions

BIG-IP LTM

15.1.10, 15.1.9, 15.1.8, 15.1.7, 15.1.6, 15.1.5, 15.1.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.0, 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0, 13.1.5, 13.1.4, 13.1.3, 13.1.1, 13.1.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

Black Hole Route

If a pool with no pool members is used, the message routed to that peer will fail routing. This can be used as a method to create a black hole route.

ltm message-routing generic peer blackhole_peer {
   ratio 3
   pool my_empty_pool
}