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Refer to the exhibit. A pool member fails the monitor checks for about 30 minutes and then starts passing the monitor checks. New traffic is Not being sent to the pool member. What is the likely…
The correct answer is C. Manual resume is enabled. If a pool member passes monitor checks but new traffic is not sent to it, it is likely that manual resume is enabled, requiring administrative intervention to bring it back online.
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Refer to the exhibit. A pool member fails the monitor checks for about 30 minutes and then starts passing the monitor checks. New traffic is Not being sent to the pool member. What is the likely reason for this problem?
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Options
- AThe pool member is disabled
- BMonitor Type is TCP Half Open
- CManual resume is enabled
- DTime Until Up is zero
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C75% (18)
- D17% (4)
Why each option
If a pool member passes monitor checks but new traffic is not sent to it, it is likely that manual resume is enabled, requiring administrative intervention to bring it back online.
If the pool member was disabled, it would either not be checked or remain disabled regardless of health monitor status, and the question states it starts passing checks.
The monitor type (like TCP Half Open) defines how the health check is performed, not how the pool member's status is managed after it recovers.
When "Manual Resume" is enabled for a pool member, even if it starts passing health monitor checks, the BIG-IP system will not automatically mark it as "Up" and send new traffic; an administrator must manually enable it.
"Time Until Up" is a deprecated feature in newer BIG-IP versions that delayed marking a member up, but it would eventually allow traffic, unlike the described scenario.
Concept tested: BIG-IP pool member manual resume
Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-15-1-0/big-ip-local-traffic-management-concepts/pools.html
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