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Scooter_42218
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusAction on service down + Persistence
My company has run into stability issues with a specific application during a server outage. The environment is overbuilt by 10x (planned rollout later this year) and they shouldn't have problems whe...
Matt_85761Nimbostratus
NimbostratusThanks to the US choosing a totally absurd date format, I'm not sure if this is a really old post, was it 01 November or 11 January?
Anyway this may help... There's a good techtip on the behavior of this setting at https://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/179/LTM-Action-on-Service-Down.aspx
None (default)
LTM will continue to send data on established connections as long as client is sending and server is responding. Connection management / recovery / cleanup is via standard TCP mechanics for both clientside and serverside flows.
Use "None" if you don't want LTM to intervene in managing either side of the connection. Useful if your servers may not be accepting new connections, but should be allowed to continue servicing existing connections when marked DOWN. Also supports custom monitoring designed to support connection bleeding and other non-standard state management schemes.
Matt