Where do the monitor probes originate by default, after creating and correctly configuring a custom user monitor?

Question

Options

• AMIP
• BSNIP
• CVIP
• DNSIP

• B
  3% (1)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  95% (37)

Explanation

By default, custom user monitors (script-based monitors) execute on the Citrix ADC's management subsystem, which means their probes originate from the NSIP - the appliance's dedicated management IP address. This is distinct from standard built-in monitors, which typically use a SNIP for server-side probing.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (SNIP) is the most tempting wrong answer - SNIPs handle standard built-in monitor traffic and backend server communication, but custom user monitors bypass this and run from the management plane.
• C (VIP) represents the virtual server IP that clients connect to; it is never used as a source for health-check probes.
• A (MIP) is a legacy mapped IP used for server-side connections in older configurations and is not involved in monitor probe sourcing.

Memory tip: Think of the NSIP as the ADC's "brain." Custom/user monitors run custom scripts, which are managed and executed by the appliance itself - so probes come from the brain (NSIP), not from the network-facing IPs (SNIP/VIP/MIP).

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