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The ICMP monitor has been assigned to all nodes. In addition, all pools have been assigned custom monitors. If a pool .eb.is marked .vailable (green) which situation is sufficient to cause this.

The correct answer is D. Over 25% of the .eb.pool. members have had their content updated and it no longer matches the. A BIG-IP pool remains Available (green) as long as the minimum number of members pass their assigned monitors, even when a portion of members fail the custom pool content monitor.

Section 3: Load Balancing and High Availability Basics

Question

The ICMP monitor has been assigned to all nodes. In addition, all pools have been assigned custom monitors. If a pool .eb.is marked .vailable (green) which situation is sufficient to cause this.

Options

  • AAll of the .eb.pool. member. nodes are responding to the ICMP monitor as expected.
  • BLess than 50% of the .eb.pool. member. nodes responded to the ICMP echo request.
  • CAll of the members of the .eb.pool have had their content updated recently and their responses no
  • DOver 25% of the .eb.pool. members have had their content updated and it no longer matches the

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    20% (5)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    68% (17)

Why each option

A BIG-IP pool remains Available (green) as long as the minimum number of members pass their assigned monitors, even when a portion of members fail the custom pool content monitor.

AAll of the .eb.pool. member. nodes are responding to the ICMP monitor as expected.

All nodes responding to the ICMP node monitor does not guarantee the pool is Available, because pool member availability is governed by the custom pool-level monitor - members can be marked Offline by a failing content check even when the ICMP node monitor passes.

BLess than 50% of the .eb.pool. member. nodes responded to the ICMP echo request.

Less than 50% of nodes responding to ICMP means the majority of nodes are down, which would cause most pool members to be marked Offline and would likely take the pool below its minimum active member threshold.

CAll of the members of the .eb.pool have had their content updated recently and their responses no

If all pool members fail the custom content monitor due to updated content, every member would be marked Offline and the pool would have zero active members, causing it to be marked Offline (red) rather than Available.

DOver 25% of the .eb.pool. members have had their content updated and it no longer matches theCorrect

When over 25% of pool members fail the custom content monitor because their content no longer matches the expected response, those members are marked Offline - but the remaining members that still pass the monitor satisfy the pool's minimum active member threshold, keeping the pool Available (green).

Concept tested: F5 BIG-IP pool availability with layered node and custom monitors

Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-16-1-0/big-ip-local-traffic-management-monitors-reference/about-pool-member-and-node-states.html

Topics

#pool availability#health monitor#receive rule#ICMP monitor

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