What is F5 connection?

The F5 Application Connector is a lightweight proxy instance you deploy in the public cloud. It discovers your apps, and via a secure connection back to an F5 BIG-IP deployed in your preferred cloud interconnect provider that enables app services insertion and management.

How do I check my F5 pool status?

Go to Local Traffic > Pools > Pool List. Select the name of the pool that contains the pool member for which you want to enable monitor logging. Select the Members tab. In the Current Members, select the Member name of the pool member for which you want to enable monitor logging.

What does a network load balancer do?

The Network Load Balancing (NLB) feature distributes traffic across several servers by using the TCP/IP networking protocol. By combining two or more computers that are running applications into a single virtual cluster, NLB provides reliability and performance for web servers and other mission-critical servers.

What is the meaning blue status indicator on F5 node?

Blue square. The availability of the object is unknown. For example, this status can occur when the object is not configured for service checking, the IP address of the object is misconfigured, or the object is disconnected from the network.

What is TCP monitor in F5?

Topic. The default TCP health monitor checks the health of servers by performing a TCP handshake with the server and then promptly closing the connection. This TCP handshake allows the monitor to see if the port is listening and allowing new connections; it does not check for text content by default.

How do I check my network load balancer?

To test network load balancing, connect a browser to the cluster IP address, for example: http://192.168.10.10. Refresh the screen multiple times. If the cluster is operating successfully, web pages from different machines in the cluster appear after each refresh.

What is F5 Local Traffic Manager?

F5® BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) helps you deliver applications to your users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way. You get the extensibility and flexibility of application services with the programmability you need to manage your physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure.

How do f5 health monitors work?

Active monitoring checks the status of a pool member or node on an ongoing basis as specified. If a pool member or node does not respond within a specified timeout period, or the status of a node indicates that performance is degraded, the BIG-IP system can redirect the traffic to another pool member or node.

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