Understanding the Authenticate Name Option on Server SSL profile on BIG-IP

Quick Intro Have you ever wondered what this little option on Server SSL profile really does in practice? This is what this article is all about. If you're only interested about what I learn...
Published Apr 20, 2020
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Aug 29, 2023

isnt there a way to authenticate the name by using something which is configured per poolmember or per node? lets say to put something like %nodename% in the serversslprofile authentication name and configure the fqdn at the node as name? and if not - why not? - or just the node ip if that IP is represented at the SAN of the certificate. *edit: IP seems not to work at all

this would offer me a way to use just the same serverssl profile for all my VS instead of creating hundrets of serverssl profiles.