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tiziano_rosato
Nov 26, 2014Cirrus
Using iRule SIDEBAND you can "interact" with external server/service (check availability in your scenario):
https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.SIDEBAND.ashx
But in my opinion the best choice is to create an external monitor that will do monitoring of your external server and apply to pool members.
https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/AdvDesignConfig.ExternalMonitor.ashx
You don't have to check external server availability for every connections you receive on VS, so an external monitor will be a good solution.