CSS11801 and service port responses

[marcs]

Is there a way to make the CSS check a service in a content rule to see if a tcp port is responding before sending traffic to it? I have the following setup:

************************************SERVICE**********************

service Sun280R-1

ip address 172.20.14.3

active

service Sun280R-2

ip address 172.20.14.4

active

!*************************** OWNER ***************************

owner TEST

content Sun280R

balance aca

add service Sun280R-1

add service Sun280R-2

vip address 10.1.1.1

active

I'd like to test a tcp port on either of Sun280R services in the Sun280R content rule to make sure that an application is responding before sending traffic to it. Is this possible?

Thank you!!

[bhose]

Hi,

You will need to configure the appropriate keepalive into your service configuration.

For example if you wish to setup a keepalive to check a POP3 service using the basic TCP 3 way hand shake the you would use:-

service Sun280R-2

ip address 172.20.14.4

keepalive 110

keepalive tcp

active

[marcs]

Ah yes. This does not affect the operation of the service (as in, what protocols can be passed to the service) ?