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Tinnitus
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Dec 04, 2013

Difference between TCP monitor and SMTP monitor

Hi.   Will anyone be able to explain to me the difference between the normal TCP monitor (Alias port 25) and a SMTP type monitor? For both type of monitor: 1. Will F5 close the connection graceful...
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Emad's avatar
Emad
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Dec 04, 2013

SMTP default monitor in LTM only check that mail server is up and responding to commands. it marks mail server up if it responds to commands SMTP HELO and Quit.

 

you can for detail settings you can refer to

 

http://support.f5.com/content/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm-monitors-reference-11-1-0/_jcr_content/pdfAttach/download/file.res/BIG-IP_Local_Traffic_Manager__Monitors_Reference.pdf