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Larry_G_54476
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Nov 29, 2011

F5 load balancing SMTP to 2 groups of servers

I have an F5 Load Balancers on the internal network.     I want to create a global VIP that directs SMTP traffic to 4 SMTP servers in group A.     I want the F5 to perform an SMTP health c...
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nitass
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Nov 29, 2011
can you try something like this? this is for http. 

[root@ve1023:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   pool foo1
   destination 172.28.19.79:80
   ip protocol 6
   rules myrule
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  b pool foo1 list
pool foo1 {
   monitor all http
   members 200.200.200.101:80 {}
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  b pool foo2 list
pool foo2 {
   monitor all http
   members 200.200.200.102:80 {}
}
[root@ve1023:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
        if {[active_members [LB::server pool]] < 1} {
                pool foo2
        }
}
}