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In the WebUI
To configure a health check profile:
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Advanced Services > External Services page on the WebUI.
2. Click Add in the Health Check Configuration section.
(To change an existing profile, click Edit.)
3. Provide the following details:
a. Enter a Profile Name.
b. Frequency (secs)—Indicates how often the controller checks to see if the server is up and running.
Default: 5 seconds.
c. Timeout (secs)—Indicates the number of seconds the controller waits for a response to its health check
query before marking the health check as failed. Default: 2 seconds.
d. Retry count—Is the number of failed health checks after which the controller marks the server as being
down. Default: 2.
4. Click Done when you are finished.
5. Click Apply to apply the configuration changes.
In the CLI
Use these CLI commands to configure a health-check method:
esi ping profile_name
frequency seconds
retry-count count
timeout seconds
For example:
esi ping default
frequency 5
retry-count 2
Defining the ESI Server
The following sections describe how to configure an ESI server using the WebUI and CLI.
In the WebUI
To configure an ESI server:
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Advanced Services > External Services page on the WebUI.
2. Click Add in the External Servers section.
3. Provide the following details:
a. Server Name.
b. Server Group. Use the drop-down list to assign this server to a group from the existing configured groups.
c. Server Mode. Use the drop-down list to choose the mode (bridge, nat, or route) your topology requires.
See the description above to understand the differences between these modes.
For routed mode, enter the Trusted IP Address (the IP address of the trusted interface on the external
server device) and the Untrusted IP Address (the IP address of the untrusted interface on the external
server device). (You can also choose to enable a health check on either or both of these interfaces.)
For bridged mode, enter the Trusted Port number (the port connected to the trusted side of the ESI
server) and the Untrusted Port number (the port connected to the untrusted side of the ESI server).