If I use [LB::status up] to check the status of a node/pool member, is the returned true/false a function of the monitor results? For example, if I have used LB::down on a server during an LB_FAILED ...
There has been no change from rules perspective; so you still mark the nodes down the same way as you were doing. Its just that the monitors are now smarter and will mark them back up again once they are back online.