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101 Question #280: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is E: Default gateway. In a routed configuration, real servers must use the BIG-IP LTM as their default gateway so that response traffic passes back through the LTM, completing the full connection lifecycle.
Question
When using a routed configuration, the real server must point to the LTM as the ________.
Options
- ANTP Server
- BDNS Server
- CVirtual IP
- DWINS server
- EDefault gateway
Explanation
In a routed configuration, real servers must use the BIG-IP LTM as their default gateway so that response traffic passes back through the LTM, completing the full connection lifecycle.
Common mistakes.
- A. The NTP server provides time synchronization and plays no role in directing server response traffic back through the BIG-IP.
- B. The DNS server resolves hostnames to IP addresses and is not involved in routing return traffic through the LTM.
- C. The Virtual IP is the front-end address the BIG-IP exposes to clients, not the server-side self IP that real servers use as a gateway.
- D. WINS is a legacy NetBIOS name resolution service and has no relevance to traffic routing in a BIG-IP deployment.
Concept tested. Routed mode server default gateway requirement
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