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Jeffro21_47444
Nimbostratus
Feb 05, 2012Setting the name of a node with iControl
Hello, I am using the iControl JAVA API's and have been able to create a node and assign it into a pool by setting the IP address and port of the node, but I would like to be able to set the...
mhite_60883
Cirrocumulus
Feb 06, 2012I believe if you use http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.LocalLB__NodeAddressV2__create.ashx to create the NodeAddress, you can specify a name. To be honest, it's probably better to leave the name as the IP address and just set a description using http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.LocalLB__NodeAddressV2__set_description.ashx.
Be aware that setting the port is something that occurs when you associate a node to a pool, not when you create a node.
Also, keep in mind this is how V11 API works. Old behavior is to set a screen name.