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udaypatil_95134
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Mar 29, 2010

need to impliment a "Site is down for maintenence" redirect

I'm brand new to F5 and I'm looking for urgent advice on load balancing - potentially using Irules but am open to suggestions.   I need to impliment a "Site is down for maintenence" redirect that...
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hoolio
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Mar 29, 2010
Hi,

 

 

You can use the fallback host field on a custom HTTP profile for this. See the online help in the GUI or SOL6510 for details:

 

 

SOL6510: Change in Behavior: The Fallback Host is now used when a connection to a node fails

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/500/sol6510.html

 

 

Aaron