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jpo68_46862
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Feb 17, 2011

Use SNAT with Monitor

Hello,     I would like to know if it is possible to use the SNAT for the monitoring ?     Use @ip SNAT to make the tests of health check, not use @ip physical appearance(physics) of the i...
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hoolio
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Feb 17, 2011
As Chris said, there isn't a native method for selecting the source IP of a stock monitor. You can use an external monitor which references a shell utility that allows for selection of a source address.

 

 

However, you can't use shared IP addresses (floating self IP's, SNAT addresses, etc) in a redundant pair as that would cause IP conflicts when each LTM unit attempts to perform the monitor checks.

 

 

Aaron