Usually, servers and pools are only loosely associated within OpenSwitch; that is, when a server’s state changes, the change is reflected across all pools in which the server is defined. However, you can create a tighter association between a pool and a server by setting the pool-specific server status.
Use any of these procedures to set the pool-specific status of a server:
Execute rp_pool_addserver and specify the status of the server being added to the pool. See rp_pool_addserver.
Call rp_pool_server_status to set a server’s status within a pool. See rp_pool_server_status.
Specify a server’s status in the [POOL] section of the OpenSwitch configuration file. See “[POOL]”.
When you set a pool-specific server status, that status affects only the specified pool. If you do not explicitly set a server’s status for a specific pool, each server’s status defaults to the general server status, which is defined in the [SERVER] section of the OpenSwitch configuration file).
