To allow three departments to use the same IP address for their load-balanced vServers on a Citrix ADC, what configuration enables this?

To allow three departments to use the same IP address for their load-balanced vServers on a Citrix ADC, what configuration enables this?

• A. Three SNIPs with the same IP address on a Citrix ADC
• B. Three different Citrix ADCs that use the same IP address
• C. Three different admin partitions that allow use of the same IP address for each load-balanced vServer on a Citrix ADC
• D. Three different load-balanced vServers with three different IP addresses on a Citrix ADC

Answer: (C)

Sharing the same IP across different departments is possible because admin partitions create isolated resource namespaces on the Citrix ADC. Each partition can own its own virtual server and associated settings, so three departments can configure a load-balanced vServer that uses the identical IP address, one per partition, without interfering with each other. The device routes traffic to the vServer within the correct partition based on that partition's scope and policies, preserving isolation while allowing the same VIP to be reused. Using the same IP on SNIPs would cause IP conflicts on the network, since SNIPs are the actual network addresses the ADC uses to reach backend resources. Having three separate ADCs doesn’t enable reuse of the same VIP within a single appliance, and creating vServers with different IPs contradicts the requirement of using the same IP.

Sharing the same IP across different departments is possible because admin partitions create isolated resource namespaces on the Citrix ADC. Each partition can own its own virtual server and associated settings, so three departments can configure a load-balanced vServer that uses the identical IP address, one per partition, without interfering with each other. The device routes traffic to the vServer within the correct partition based on that partition's scope and policies, preserving isolation while allowing the same VIP to be reused.

Using the same IP on SNIPs would cause IP conflicts on the network, since SNIPs are the actual network addresses the ADC uses to reach backend resources. Having three separate ADCs doesn’t enable reuse of the same VIP within a single appliance, and creating vServers with different IPs contradicts the requirement of using the same IP.