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Nimbostratus
NimbostratusWhy TCP port is required for Wide IP Pool members
This may be a basic question. Trying to understand why Service Port is required to be configured while defining a member within a Wide IP Pool. As per my understanding GTM is more of DNS based operat...
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Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusLet me see if I can take a crack at this.
The BIG-IP GTM typically uses 1 or more Virtual Servers ( IP and port, even if the port is 0) whether BIG-IP or anything else as part of the GTM decision tree to decide on how to respond to a DNS based question. There are ways to use GTM to respond with a simple IP address, but in my opinion a lot of the real power that comes from GTM is from the health monitoring aspect of the product.
If you want the GTM to utilize the monitors for a virtual server in the GTMs decision making process you need an IP and service port for the service the GTM is monitoring.
