Suspend a Service and current connections

[drex_72]

When you suspend a service, does the current connections to that service remain instact and only new connections are no longer sent to that service?

Or are all connections severed?

I've tried to do a search for this, but I'm getting conflicting results.

We are using a CSS11506 version 7.20 Build 405.

I found one person saying the connections continue while a FAQ document saying if you are using a Layer 3 or 4 rule the connections are maintained, but a Layer 5 rule severs the connections.

Thanks.

[mrembetsy]

drex,

I can only speak to how my network works with our CSS 100 and 150's. When I suspend any one of my content groups the existing connections that have been passed onto a server finish there session but no new connections are allowed (vip isn't active to pass anything along thru the device).

For us sessions and cookies don't matter but they might for you. Just somehting else to consider.