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DB's avatar
DB
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Mar 02, 2010

What happens when LTM marks a node "down"

When my LTM (9.3.1) sees a node in a server pool go down because one of it's two health monitors fails, I would expect the server to no longer have traffic hitting it. However my server guys tell me t...
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Cspillane_18296
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Mar 10, 2010
Hello IRuleYou,

 

 

actually I may be thinking of something slightly off topic - should a pool member be forced offline, the 'reselect' option "sends the stream to an alternate pool member. Only appropraite when load balancing routers or state-sharing firewalls."

 

 

This is taken from the 9.4.x LTM manual.

 

 

Apologies for any confusion!