* Users unable to access the VIP from client machines.
* On ADC GUI VIP is marked as down.
* Monitor status shows "Timeout during TCP connection establishment stage"
TCP handshake failed as communication was not allowed on firewall.
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The monitor message "Time out during TCP connection establishment stage" means that the web server either was not listening or was unreachable. This indicates a network problem.
In this case it was a firewall misconfiguration where a rule was causing the issue. After the rule was modified to allow tcp connections, it worked and service came up.
Make sure that we have connectivity between the SNIP and the backend server IP.