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jaked_150553
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Feb 27, 2015

F5 GTM prober pool loadbalancing method

What is the use of loadbalancing method in a GTM prober pool? Does it mean we can explicitly make specific GTM look for health of a server in order if we select, say, GA from the loadbalancing method?

 

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  • Max_Q_factor's avatar
    Max_Q_factor
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    Feb 27, 2015

    The prober pool can be any BIG-IP device, it does not have to have GTM provisioned.

     

    Based on the following URL - https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_gtm/manuals/product/gtm-concepts-11-5-0/4.htmlunique_422805764

     

    And based on the in-line help: Load Balancing Method Specifies the pool of devices (BIG-IP systems) that are to be used to monitor servers.

     

    Round Robin: Specifies that the system distributes the probe of server resources equally among the BIG-IP systems in the pool.

     

    Global Availability: Specifies that the system uses the order of the list to determine how to distribute probes of server resources. This mode selects the first available server/prober pool member to probe the data center or the server resources that the prober pool is assigned to.