ADC

Coexistence of INAT and Virtual Servers

If both INAT and RNAT are configured, the INAT rule takes precedence over the RNAT rule. If RNAT is configured with a network address translation IP (NAT IP) address, the NAT IP address is selected as the source IP address for that RNAT client.

The default public destination IP in an INAT configuration is the virtual IP (VIP) address of the Citrix ADC device. Virtual servers also use VIPs. When both INAT and a virtual server use the same IP address, the Vserver configuration overrides the INAT configuration.

Following are a few sample configuration setup scenarios and their effects.

Case Result
You have configured a virtual server and a service to send all data packets received on a specific Citrix ADC port to the server directly. You have also configured INAT and enabled TCP. Configuring INAT in this manner sends all data packets received through a TCP engine before sending them to the server. All packets received on the Citrix ADC, except those received on the specified port, pass through the TCP engine.
You have configured a virtual server and a service to send all data packets of service type TCP, that are received on a specific port on the Citrix ADC, to the server after passing through the TCP engine. You have also configured INAT and disabled TCP. Configuring INAT in this manner sends the data packets received directly to the server. Only packets received on the specified port pass through the TCP engine.
You have configured a virtual server and a service to send all data packets received to either of two servers. You are attempting to configure INAT to send all data packets received to a different server. The INAT configuration is not allowed.
You have configured INAT to send all received data packets directly to a server. You are attempting to configure a virtual server and a service to send all data packets received to two different servers. The vserver configuration is not allowed.
Coexistence of INAT and Virtual Servers