Associating a Monitor to F5 BIG-IP LTM

Associating a Monitor

Assigning Monitors to Nodes

1. To assign the node default monitor, expand local traffic from the navigation panel, select nodes and then select the default monitor tab.
2. Select a Health monitor and move it from the available box to the Active box and click update
3. When assigned, this default monitor checks all Nodes configured on BIG-IP unless it is overridden as shown in the next steps.
4. To set a monitor to a specific node select Nodes from the local traffic section of the navigation panel.
5. Click on the IP address of the node, from the Node list, to be assigned a different monitor.
6. Within the configuration section, change the health monitors drop down menu to Node specific. Select an available monitor and move it from the available box to the active box and click update.
7. We have now assigned the node default monitor and changed an individual node to a Node-Specific monitor. We could have also assigned None to health monitors. If we did not want any monitor checks performed on the individual node.

Assigning Monitors to Pools

The most common way to monitor pool member is to assign a monitor to the pool.

1. In order to accomplish this, from the navigation panel, expand the local traffic section and select pools.
2. From the pool list, click the name of the pool to be assigned the monitor.
3. with in the configuration screen, select an individual box to the Active box and click update.
4. By default, assigning a Monitor to the Pool tests each individual Pool member with the specified monitor.

Assigning Monitors to a Pool Member

Sometimes Individual Pool member need different monitor checks because of additional requirements or difference in hardware. Whatever the case might be, to assign a monitor to an individual Pool Member select the local traffic section and then selects the Pools.

Select the appropriate pool then the Member Tab, and then the individual Pool Member that needs its own monitor check.

With in the configuration Screen header, select advanced.

Now the selects Member specific  from the health monitors drop down menu and move a Monitor from the available box to Active box and click update.

A member specific monitor is used on a pool member instead of any monitor assigned at the Pool level, not in addition to.