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jaked_150553
Nimbostratus
Aug 05, 2014generic hosts in gtm pools
If generic hosts are added to a gtm pool, how does GTM get health of the node? Is it through polling from one of the self ips?
If an alias is added to a pool instead of nodes, how does GTM get the he...
Cory_50405
Noctilucent
Aug 06, 2014GTM will monitor the health of pool members based on the monitor you have assigned to the pool in question. Or if no health check is assigned at the pool level, it'll use the monitor applied to the server objects themselves. Monitor traffic is sourced from a non-floating self IP.
Alias configurations on a wide IP have nothing to do with server objects and monitoring. If you attempt to add a pool member by hostname/FQDN, the GTM will resolve that to an IP address and add it as a member.
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