Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Server Health Check Probes
Configuring VLB Health Check Probe Parameters
The procedures in the Related Topics describe the process of configuring VLB manager, health
checks and health check instances using both the GUI and the CLI.
VLB Health Check Probe Parameters
GUI Probe Parameter (CLI Probe Parameter) Description
Health Check Relative Weight (weight)
Set the relative weight (default: 100 ) of the health check
load value returned by the application compared to other
health check values returned by other health checks.
Probe Interval (probe_interval)
The number of seconds (default:
15
) Equalizer will wait
for a health check attempt to succeed before marking a
server down.
Max Tries per Interval (probe_maxtries)
The maximum number of health check connection
attempts per probe interval before marking a server down.
Probe Global Timeout (probe_gto)
The health check global timeout. The number of seconds
(default:
5 ) Equalizer waits for a connection to the health
check server application to complete before marking the
server down.
Probe Connect Timeout (probe_cto)
The health check connection timeout. The number of
seconds (default:
1 ) that Equalizer will wait for a
connection attempt to the health check server application
to succeed before marking the server down.
Probe Data Timeout (probe_dto)
The health check data timeout. Once a connection is
established, this parameter indicates the number of
seconds (default:
2 ) Equalizer will wait for the first byte of
the health check server application response before
marking the server down.
Configuring VLB Health Check in the GUI
Proceed with the following to configure VLB health checks using the GUI:
1. Verify that you are logged into the GUI. If not, log in as described in
"Logging In"
on page
230.
2. Select the
System
configuration tab on the left navigational pane if it is not already selected.
3. Click on the arrow (
u
) beside
External Services
to expand the branch.
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