5. FQDN

F5 refers to an FQDN as a “Wide-IP”, or “WIP”.

Navigate to: DNS ›› GSLB : Wide IPs : Wide IP List

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Create an F5 “Wide IP”

Setting Value
Name www.wip.f5demo.com
Type A
Pool www.f5demo.com_pool
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Run the following on dns.sitea only

TMSH

tmsh create gtm wideip a www.wip.f5demo.com { pools add { www.f5demo.com_pool { order 0 } } load-balancing-decision-log-verbosity { pool-member-selection pool-member-traversal pool-selection pool-traversal} }