4.0.0 HP Polyserve Matrix Server Administration Guide (T5392-96052, March 2010)

move the virtual host. The virtual host may then remain active on a server with a
failed monitored service. Matrix Server will avoid this situation if there is a healthy
server configured and available, but sometimes it may not be possible in a
multiple-failure scenario.
Types of service monitors
Matrix Server supports the following service monitors. When configuring a monitor,
you will need to supply the following information.
Script Parameters
Default Probe
Frequency
Default Probe
Timeout
PortType
IP address to resolve30 seconds5 seconds53DNS
none30 seconds5 seconds21FTP
URL30 seconds5 seconds80HTTP
URL30 seconds5 seconds443HTTPS
none30 seconds5 seconds143IMAP4
whether to start dependent
services
30 seconds15 seconds`NANTSERVICE
none30 seconds5 seconds110POP3
none30 seconds5 seconds25SMTP
none30 seconds5 seconds0TCP
user probe script60 seconds60 secondsNACUSTOM
FTP service monitor
By default the FTP service monitor probes TCP port 21 of the virtual host address.
You can change this port number to the port number configured for your FTP server.
The default frequency of the probe is every 30 seconds. The default time that the
service monitor waits for a probe to complete is five seconds.
The probe function attempts to connect to port 21 and expects to read an initial
message from the FTP server. The message should begin with 220. If the probe is
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