Citrix ADC

Class E IPv4 packets

By default, the Citrix ADC appliance drops any packets if they contain any class E IPv4 address in the source IP or the destination IP fields. If your setup is using class E IPv4 addresses, you can configure the Citrix ADC appliance to process class E IPv4 packets.

Before you begin

Before you begin configuring a Citrix ADC appliance to process class E IPv4 packets, note the following points:

  • Citrix ADC appliances do not support configuring any Citrix ADC owned IPv4 address (for example, SNIP and VIP) in the class E range. Citrix ADC appliances only support processing of class E IPv4 packets.
  • A Citrix ADC appliance internally uses class E IPv4 addresses for the IPv6 feature. The Citrix ADC appliance does not support both features (processing class E IPv4 packets and IPv6 support) working at the same time. The Citrix ADC appliance imposes a restriction to not enable the IPv6 feature when processing of class E IPv4 packets is enabled, and vice versa.

Configuration steps

Configuring a Citrix ADC appliance to process class E IPv4 packets consist of the task of enabling theIPv4 Class E address clients(allowClassEIPv4) Layer 3 parameter.

CLI procedures

To configure the Citrix ADC appliance to process Class E IPv4 packets by using the CLI:

At the command prompt, type:

  • set l3param-allowClassEIPv4(ENABLED DISABLED)
  • show l3param

Sample Configuration:

> set l3param -allowClassEIPv4 ENABLED Done > sh l3param Network L3 related Configuration Parameters icmpgen_rate_threshold : 100 srcnat : ENABLED override_rnat : DISABLED drop_df_flag : DISABLED . . . IPv6DynamicRouting : DISABLED allowClassEIPv4 : ENABLED Done 

GUI procedures

To configure the Citrix ADC appliance to process Class E IPv4 packets by using the GUI:

  1. Navigate toSystem>Network, and then in theSettingssection, clickConfigure Layer 3 Parameters.
  2. SelectIPv4 Class E address clientsand clickOK.
Class E IPv4 packets