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Which statement about Generic Host Servers is true?
The correct answer is D. GTM Systems can monitor a Generic Host Server but cannot cause a Generic Host Server to act. GTM can monitor Generic Host Servers using external monitors, but it cannot control or direct their behavior as it can with native F5 devices.
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Which statement about Generic Host Servers is true?
Options
- AGTM Systems can initiate a big3d agent on Generic Host Servers.
- BGTM Systems cannot provide path metrics for Virtual Servers managed by a Generic Host
- CGTM Systems can monitor a Generic Host Server and can cause a Generic Host Server to act as
- DGTM Systems can monitor a Generic Host Server but cannot cause a Generic Host Server to act
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(18 responses)- A6% (1)
- C6% (1)
- D89% (16)
Why each option
GTM can monitor Generic Host Servers using external monitors, but it cannot control or direct their behavior as it can with native F5 devices.
GTM cannot initiate or install a big3d agent on Generic Host Servers because big3d is an F5-proprietary agent that only runs on BIG-IP systems.
GTM can still provide basic path metrics for virtual servers managed by a Generic Host using external monitors, so this absolute statement is incorrect.
GTM cannot cause a Generic Host Server to act in a load-balancing or controlled capacity because Generic Hosts lack the iQuery interface required for such control.
Generic Host Servers are non-F5 devices that do not run the big3d agent, so GTM can apply external monitors to check their availability and collect basic metrics. However, because they lack the iQuery communication channel that F5 devices use, GTM cannot instruct or cause a Generic Host Server to act as a load balancer or data center node in the way it can with native BIG-IP systems.
Concept tested: GTM Generic Host Server monitoring limitations
Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-14-1-0/big-ip-dns-implementations/monitoring-wide-ips-pool-members-and-virtual-servers.html
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