What happens when LTM marks a node "down"

LTM should not send new connections to a pool member that's marked down. What LTM does with existing connections after a monitor has marked a pool member down depends on the pool's "action on service down" setting:

 

 

From the online help for "action on service down":

 

 

 

* None: Specifies that the system does not select a different node. Selecting None causes the system to send traffic to the node even if it is down, until the next health check is done.

 

* Reject: Specifies that the system sends an RST or ICMP message.

 

* Drop: Specifies that the system simply cleans up the connection. (removes the connection from the connection table)

 

* Reselect: Specifies that the system selects a different node. Selecting Reselect causes the system to send traffic to a different node after receiving the message that the original node is down.

 

 

 

 

Aaron