2.3. UDP Profile

A UDP profile is a protocol profile that controls the way BIG-IP processes UDP traffic. With DNS, custom UDP profiles are often used to set low idle times so as not to fill the connection table as DNS tends to be a lot of short lived connections.

Navigate to: DNS ›› Delivery : Profiles : Protocol : UDP

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Create a UDP profile as shown in the following table. By inheriting from udp_gtm_dns profile, notice the idle timeout setting.

Setting Value
Name example.com_udp-dns_profile
Parent Profile udp_gtm_dns
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TMSH

tmsh create ltm profile udp example.com_udp-dns_profile defaults-from udp_gtm_dns