How HTTPS health monitor works in f5 loadbalancer

It is marking node as down...so need to know how it works ...eg 1st ssl handshake ..then http... etc

 

 

how it establish connection with server...by telnet IP:port ..?

 

 

setup is like this

 

 

vip ip :7002 --back servers:7002

 

 

one i am having which is working

 

 

vip ip:443 --back server:443

 

 

 

 

I applyed....https health monitor.

 

 

name https_7002

 

 

type https

 

 

interval 5

 

 

Up Interval diable

 

 

Time Until Up 0

 

 

Timeout 16

 

 

Manual Resume no

 

 

Send String GET /alive.html\r\n

 

 

Receive String OK

 

 

Receive Disable String

 

 

Cipher List DEFAULT:+SHA:+3DES:+kEDH

 

 

User Name

 

 

Password

 

 

Compatibility enable

 

 

Client Certificate

 

 

Client Key

 

 

Reverse no

 

 

Transparent no

 

 

Alias Address *All Addresses

 

 

Alias Service Port *All Ports