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GreetRufus_1170
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Jun 24, 2013

Set up Passive/Active Health Monitoring

I have been reading about the advantages of Passive/Active health monitoring with F5 using iRules and inband monitoring.   However, I have been able to find ZERO examples or helps on how to actual...
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Sep 19, 2013

This doesn't actually relate to iRules. The inband monitor is simply a Health Monitor. I'd agree there's little detailed information, like here for instance: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm-concepts-11-4-0/16.html.

 

Also note this issue if your device has a PVA: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/600/sol10689.html.

 

If you really want to use the inband monitor, I'd suggest setting it up on a test system (or Pool or whatever) and seeing how it works in your environment.