Manual Chapter :
Overview of TMOS Routing
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BIG-IP AAM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP APM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP GTM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP Link Controller
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP Analytics
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP LTM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP AFM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP PEM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
BIG-IP ASM
- 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
Overview of IP routing administration in TMOS
As a BIG-IP system administrator, you typically manage routing on the system by configuring these BIG-IP system features.
| BIG-IP system feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Route domains | You create route domains to segment traffic associated with different applications and to allow devices to have duplicate IP addresses within the same network. |
| Local IP addresses | Whenever you create virtual addresses and self IP addresses on the BIG-IP system, the system automatically adds routes to the system that pertain to those addresses, as directly-connected routes. |
| Static routes | For destination IP addresses that are not on the directly-connected network, you can explicitly add static routes. You can add both management (administrative) and TMM static routes to the BIG-IP system. |
| Advanced routing modules | You can configure the advanced routing modules--a set of dynamic routing protocols and core daemons--to ensure that the BIG-IP system can learn about routes from other routers and advertise BIG-IP system routes. These advertised routes can include BIG-IP virtual addresses. |
| The ARP cache | You can manage static and dynamic entries in the ARP cache to resolve IP addresses into MAC addresses. |
About BIG-IP system routing tables
The BIG-IP system contains two sets of routing tables:
- The Linux routing tables, for routing administrative traffic through the management interface
- A special TMM routing table, for routing application and administrative traffic through the TMM interfaces
As a BIG-IP administrator, you configure the system so that the BIG-IP system can use these routing tables to route both management and application traffic successfully.
About BIG-IP management routes and TMM routes
The BIG-IP system maintains two kinds of routes:
- Management routes
- Management routes are routes that the BIG-IP system uses to forward traffic through the special management interface. The BIG-IP system stores management routes in the Linux (that is, kernel) routing table.
- TMM routes
- TMM routes are routes that the BIG-IP system uses to forward traffic through the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) interfaces instead of through the management interface. The BIG-IP system stores TMM routes in both the TMM and kernel routing tables.
Viewing routes on the BIG-IP system
You can use the tmsh utility to view different kinds of routes on the BIG-IP system.
- Open a console window, or an SSH session using the management port, on the BIG-IP system.
- Use your user credentials to log in to the system.
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Perform one of these actions at the command prompt:
- To view all routes on the system, type: tmsh show /net route
- To view all configured static routes on the system, type: tmsh list /net route
You are now able to view BIG-IP system routes.
