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A_124585
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Jan 03, 2014

Dynamic GTM load balancing for generic hosts?

Can a GTM be to used to dynamically load balance between generic host servers. [I don't have an LTM]   I see that the big3d agent is needed to collect statics for dynamic load balancing, and I ca...
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Pedro_Haoa
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Jan 03, 2014

Hi,

 

The answer is Yes, you can do Dynamic Load Balancing with Generic Hosts in GTM. GTM have two ways to learn about the dynamic network environment.

 

There are Monitors, that let you knows the status of every internal object in the Datacenter (Including Generic Hosts).

 

Also, there are Probes, that let you BIG-IP knows about the 'clients' (In terms of GTM, the Local DNS are the clients).

 

So, feel free and test the appropiate Dynamic Load Balancing mode for your specific needs.

 

Here is the list of Dynamic Load Balancing modes for GTM:

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_gtm/manuals/product/gtm-concepts-11-4-0/1.htmlunique_1628656946