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genseek_32178
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May 04, 2012

F5 Traffic Processing

If pool members assigned to a Virtual are ALL UP, meaning available on the network, pingable from F5, but monitor attached to the pool marks them ALL down,     will F5 process incoming traffic f...
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hoolio
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May 04, 2012
A pool member with no monitor will be marked as unknown and used in load balancing. If you have a node monitor, the pool member will inherit the status from that.

 

 

It's a best practice to at least configure an ICMP monitor to avoid load balancing to a failing destination.

 

 

Can you email me at < aaron at f5 dot com >? I have a question.

 

 

Thanks, Aaron