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iControl Apps - #01 - Disabling Node Servers

In version 4.x of BIG-IP, there was a concept of a Node Server (a top level object that consisted of a node's address and port).  Basically it was a top level rollup of all instances of a specific no...
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I agree $sPort is used in the code, but it is a required command line argument not shown in the examples

 

my $sPort = $ARGV[1];

 

but then overwritten 6 lines later

 

my $sPort = 443;

 

followed by a useless test to see if it is 80/8080/443.

 

As for set_monitor_state, the docs say it has to be one of EnabledState states, which according to http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iControl/Common__EnabledState.html

 

can only be STATE_DISABLED or STATE_ENABLED, with no mentioned of forced offline.

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