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Mui_64918
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Feb 20, 2014

Dynamic Pool Members with DNS resolution

Has anyone tried to route traffic to a pool member using DNS name instead of IP address? Either resolve the name then check the IP/Node if its active and then send traffic. If we were to talk to oth...
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Sep 03, 2014

Hi - this works now I believe in 11.6;

 

Populate pools This release includes the ability to configure a BIG-IP system with nodes and pool members that are identified with fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs). When configuring pool members with FQDN, addresses dynamically follow DNS changes. Fully dynamic DNS-managed pools may even be created.