Specifications

Pools
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To activate destination address affinity using the
Configuration utility
You can only activate destination address affinity on pools directly or
indirectly referenced by wildcard virtual servers. For information on setting
up a wildcard virtual server, see the Wildcard virtual servers, on page 4-71.
Follow these steps to configure destination address affinity:
1. In the navigation pane, click Pools.
The Pools screen opens.
2. In the Pools list, click the pool for which you want to set up
destination address affinity.
The properties screen for the pool you clicked opens.
3. Click the Persistence tab.
The Persistence screen opens.
4. Click the Destination Address Affinity button to enable destination
address affinity.
5. In the Mask box, type in the mask you want to apply to sticky
persistence entries.
Click the Apply button.
To activate destination address affinity from the command
line
Use the following command to activate sticky persistence for a pool:
b pool <pool_name> modify { persist_mode sticky sticky_mask <ip address> }
Use the following command to delete sticky entries for the specified pool:
b pool <pool_name> sticky clear
To show the persistence configuration for the pool:
b pool <pool_name> persist show
WTS persistence
Windows Terminal Server (WTS) is a Windows feature that allows a
Windows 2000 client to run Windows remotely from a
Windows.NET.Server system over a TCP connection. To track and load
balance connections between WTS dient and server systems, BIG-IP offers
a type of persistence known as WTS persistence.
To activate WTS persistence, you must enable it as a BIG-IP pool attribute.
You must also configure a WTS server, in either of two modes: hash mode
or passive mode.
Note
For information on how to configure a WTS server for BIG-IP WTS
persistence, see your Windows.NET.Server product documentation.