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tolinrome_13817
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Apr 18, 2014
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pool node available but has a blue square

I have a pool that has "gateway-icmp and http" in the Health Monitor and has a green circle "The pool is available". All the members of the pool have a green circle and "Pool member is available". Ho...
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  • Cory_50405's avatar
    Cory_50405
    Apr 18, 2014

    So you have applied monitors at the node level, which is why the parent node of the pool member shows green. Removing the node monitor will make the parent node show as blue.

     

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Cory_50405
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Apr 18, 2014

Blue square just indicates an absence of a health monitor. You can apply health monitors at the node or pool level. The ones that show green once you click on the member should have a monitor defined at the node level.