F5 BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and Troubleshoot — Question 196

An LTM Specialist defines a receive string in the HTTP monitor and then assigns it to the HTTP pool. The monitor has an interval of 5 seconds and a timeout of 16 seconds.
If the receive string is NOT seen in the the HTTP payload after 20 seconds, how does the LTM device mark the monitor status?

Answer options

• A. offline
• B. unknown
• C. available
• D. unavailable
• E. forced offline

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is 'offline' because the monitor's timeout of 16 seconds is exceeded after 20 seconds without seeing the receive string. This indicates that the monitored service is not responding as expected. The other options do not accurately reflect the monitor's state given the conditions described.