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deepu8843_18569
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Mar 05, 2019

Customize monitor

Customize monitor I have one VIP XYZ which is listening on port '6161', Pool having pool member 'abc' which is listening on 6161. But I want to set up a customize monitor where I need to monitor se...
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Mar 05, 2019

One of the main points of having a customer monitor is to check that the port you are using for actual traffic is available. It seems less than ideal to monitor a separate port. What happens if a firewall rule is added in between your BIG-IP and back end servers that blocks 6161, but not 8443? Then as far as your BIG-IP knows, the pool member is available and will send traffic to it, but since the traffic port is being blocked, clients won't be able to connect.

 

I would advise you to monitor the same port you intend on sending traffic to. That will keep the clients and bosses happy. (:

 

Is there a specific reason you want to monitor a different port?