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Roy_Harper_7694
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusiRule to not allow traffic to pool member in 'unknown' state
When nodes are brought up in a pool they are in an 'unknown' state until the monitor marks them up or down. In the case of pools members being brought up in a down state they are in the 'unknown' sta...
Michael_YatesNimbostratus
NimbostratusIf the Server State is what you are after as a qualifier of the health and status of the server then the default and custom monitors that can be assigned to the Pool and Pool Member level are your best option.
Even the active_members check that can be done to verify that there are pool members available relies on the monitors that are assigned to the server or server pool.
As hoolio pointed out, using an iRule over the built in functionality of the LTM is a waste of resources.
Hope this helps.
