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hooleylist
Jun 16, 2008Cirrostratus
It looks like F5 has provided a built-in SMB monitor in 9.4:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnotes9_4.htmlnew
New health monitors
This release includes three new health monitors. The SASP monitor uses the Server/Application State Protocol (SASP) to communicate and verify availability of resources managed through the IBM® Group Workload Manager. The RPC monitor verifies the availability of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) servers using the rpcinfo command. Finally, the SMB monitor employs Server Message Block (SMB) to verify whether either an SMB/CIFS server or a specific share on that server is available.
From the 9.4.x online help:
User Name
Specifies the user name if the monitored target requires authentication.
Password
Specifies the password if the monitored target requires authentication.
Path/Filename
Specifies a specific file associated with a service. The monitor uses the relative path to the service itself when attempting to locate the file. You are not required to specify a value for this option; however, if you elect to use this option you must also specify a service using the service name option.
SMB/CIFS Server
Specifies the NetBIOS server name of the SMB/CIFS server for which the monitor checks for availability. You must specify a server for this monitor to function.
Service Name
Specifies a specific service on the SMB/CIFS for which you want to verify availability. You are not required to specify a service name.
Aaron