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Does F5 load balancer intelligent in case of ports are down
- Nov 27, 2019
It depends on where you've added your health monitor and how you've configured it
Typical scenario: you want the other ports to remain active after a single port has stopped responding
You need to have configured several pools, each with their own port, eg
PoolA:
name: http_pool
members: 10.10.10.10:80, 10.10.10.12:80
monitor: tcp_half_open (no port denfined in the monitor settings)
PoolB
name: https_pool
members: 10.10.10.10:443, 10.10.10.12:443
monitor: tcp_half_open (no port denfined in the monitor settings)
If 443 stops responding 80 will still work. Same if it is the other way around.
The monitor can be configured in the GUI
Selecting a monitor: Local Traffic > Pool > Select your pool > find the monitor in the right window and move it to the left
Creating a custom monitor: Local Traffic > Monitor > Create
It is the job of the monitor assigned to the pool or node determine whether a service is available.
If the monitor fails, then the pool member (or node) is marked down, and the pool member will not be selected during load-balancing.
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