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f5starter_17204
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Nov 05, 2011

Unique FQDNs for each server port when using GTM?

When reading SOL9619: Overview of the BIG-IP GTM configuration files in the F5 Knowledgebase . I have noticed that the Pool and Server definitions have port number assigned to the pool member an...
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Chris_Miller
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Nov 06, 2011
The challenge here is how GTM should tell whether an application is available. Using your example, if you have pool1 which contains servers listening on port 2001 and pool 2 which contains servers listening on port 2002; what happens if pool 1's service goes down? Should GTM quit handing out "www.myapps.mycompany.com" even though pool2 is still up?