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astokes_6920
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Nov 10, 2009

HTTP monitor with HEAD, not GET

While using the following monitor, I'm finding that the web servers are keeping TCP sessions in the TIME_WAIT state, rather than closing them outright.     GET /serverin.html HTTP/1.1\r\nCo...
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hoolio
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Apr 28, 2011
Hi Darren,

 

 

Which LTM version are you running?

 

 

What's your monitor config look like?

 

 

What server OS/version is being monitored?

 

 

How long to the connections stay in TIME_WAIT?

 

 

If you run a tcpdump between an LTM static self IP and one pool member, how are the connections being handled after a response is received by LTM?

 

 

Aaron