real from one context to vip in another

[Thompso7540_2]

if a server on the server side vlan of a context, tries to communicate to a VIP in a different ace context - what is typically going to happen? For exampe we have BETA and PROD, and a real behind BETA is trying to contact a VIP in PROD, we share the same client vlan between PROD and BETA context ( vlan 44), also i cannot ping the vip in PROD from BETA, i am tihnking if all of the appropriate service-policies and acl's are in place, then possibly it's a routing issue?

Would the ace need a route to the PROD vip going through the msfc?Or would it be able to ARP through vlan 44?

[ohynderi · Accepted solution]

Hi Bryan,

Traffic cannot go from one context to another. You always need to have a router in between (can be the MSFC). Just be carefull about asymetric routing. So depending on your topology, you may need to source nat.

Thanks,

Olivier