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Chapter 7 Configuring Stickiness
Configuring Sticky Groups
Layer 4 Payload Sticky Group Attributes
Table 7-6 Layer 4 Payload Sticky Group Attributes
Field Description
Offset (Bytes) Enter the number of bytes the virtual server is to ignore starting with the first
byte of the cookie. Valid entries are integers from 0 to 999. The default is 0
(zero), which indicates that the virtual server does not exclude any portion
of the cookie.
Length (Bytes) Enter the length of the portion of the cookie (starting with the byte after the
offset value) that the ACE is to use for sticking the client to the server. Valid
entries are integers from 1 to 1000.
Begin Pattern Enter the beginning pattern of the Layer 4 payload and the pattern string to
match before hashing. If you do not specify a beginning pattern, the ACE
begins parsing immediately after the offset byte. You cannot configure
different beginning and ending patterns for different server farms that are
part of the same traffic classification.
Valid entries are unquoted text strings with no spaces and a maximum of 255
alphanumeric characters. You can enter a text string with spaces provided
that you enclose the entire string in quotation marks ("). The ACE supports
regular expressions for matching string expressions. Table 12-33 lists the
supported characters that you can use for matching string expressions.
End Pattern Enter the pattern that marks the end of hashing. If you do not specify an end
pattern or a length, the ACE continues to parse the data until it reaches the
end of the field or packet, or until it reaches the maximum body parse length.
You cannot configure different beginning and ending patterns for different
server farms that are part of the same traffic classification.
Valid entries are unquoted text strings with no spaces and a maximum of 255
alphanumeric characters. You can enter a text string with spaces provided
that you enclose the entire string in quotation marks ("). The ACE supports
regular expressions for matching string expressions. Table 12-33 lists the
supported characters that you can use for matching string expressions.
Enable Sticky For
Response
Check the check box to enable the ACE to parse server responses and
perform sticky learning. The ACE uses a hash of the server response bytes
to populate the sticky database. The next time that the ACE receives a client
request with those same bytes, it sticks the client to the same server.
Clear the check box to reset the behavior of the ACE to the default of not
parsing server responses and performing sticky learning.
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