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Which two can be a part of a pool's definition. (Choose two.)
The correct answer is C. monitor(s) E. loadbalancing mode. A BIG-IP pool definition includes health monitors and a load balancing mode, while rules, profiles, and persistence type belong to the virtual server configuration.
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Which two can be a part of a pool's definition. (Choose two.)
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- Arule(s)
- Bprofile(s)
- Cmonitor(s)
- Dpersistence type
- Eloadbalancing mode
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A7% (2)
- C90% (27)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
A BIG-IP pool definition includes health monitors and a load balancing mode, while rules, profiles, and persistence type belong to the virtual server configuration.
iRules are attached to virtual servers, not pools; they intercept and evaluate traffic before it is forwarded to a pool member.
Profiles such as TCP, HTTP, and SSL are assigned to virtual servers to define how the BIG-IP processes connections, not to pool definitions.
Health monitors are defined directly on a pool to periodically check the availability of each member; BIG-IP uses monitor results to mark members up or down and automatically stops sending traffic to any member that fails its health check. Monitors are a native pool-level object in the BIG-IP configuration hierarchy.
Persistence type is configured on the virtual server because persistence tracking operates at the connection-handling layer above the pool, mapping clients to specific members before pool selection occurs.
The load balancing mode is a required pool property that specifies the algorithm - such as Round Robin, Least Connections, or Ratio - used to select a member for each new connection, and it is set within the pool definition itself.
Concept tested: F5 BIG-IP pool definition components and configuration
Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-14-1-0/big-ip-local-traffic-manager-implementations/configuring-a-simple-load-balancer.html
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