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A site wishes to use an external monitor. Other than what is coded in the monitor script, what information must be configured on the BIG-IP for the monitor to be functional? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is C. BIG-IP node or member the result are to be applied to. Must know all D. BIG-IP must know the name of the program.. For an external monitor to function on BIG-IP, the system must know the name of the external program to execute and which node or pool member should receive the resulting health status.

Section 3: Load Balancing and High Availability Basics

Question

A site wishes to use an external monitor. Other than what is coded in the monitor script, what information must be configured on the BIG-IP for the monitor to be functional? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ABIG-IP services that are running on the system to be tested.
  • BBIG-IP the IP addresses of the devices that will be tested. Must know which
  • CBIG-IP node or member the result are to be applied to. Must know all
  • DBIG-IP must know the name of the program.
  • EBIG-IP must know which function the program is going to test. Must know

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  • C
    90% (37)
  • E
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Why each option

For an external monitor to function on BIG-IP, the system must know the name of the external program to execute and which node or pool member should receive the resulting health status.

ABIG-IP services that are running on the system to be tested.

The BIG-IP services running on the monitored system are not configured on BIG-IP itself - determining what to probe is the responsibility of the script logic, not a separate BIG-IP configuration parameter.

BBIG-IP the IP addresses of the devices that will be tested. Must know which

The IP address and port of the monitored node are automatically passed to the external script at runtime via environment variables ($NODE_IP and $NODE_PORT) and do not require explicit configuration outside the monitor assignment.

CBIG-IP node or member the result are to be applied to. Must know allCorrect

The monitor must be associated with a specific node or pool member so BIG-IP knows which object to mark up or down based on the script's exit code - without this association BIG-IP has no target to apply the health status to.

DBIG-IP must know the name of the program.Correct

BIG-IP must be configured with the filename and path of the external monitor script so it knows which program to execute during each monitor interval, as this is a required field in the external monitor object configuration.

EBIG-IP must know which function the program is going to test. Must know

The function or behavior the program tests is entirely determined by the script code itself and is not a configurable parameter in the BIG-IP external monitor object.

Concept tested: BIG-IP LTM external monitor required configuration

Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-16-0-0/big-ip-local-traffic-manager-monitors-reference/external-monitors.html

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#external monitor#monitor configuration#pool member#script-based monitoring

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