Manual Chapter : Create a basic server pool to process HTTP/2 traffic

Applies To:

  • BIG-IP LTM

    21.0.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.6, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.1.10, 15.1.9, 15.1.8, 15.1.7, 15.1.6, 15.1.5, 15.1.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

Create a basic server pool to process HTTP/2 traffic

You can create a pool of application servers enabled for processing HTTP/2 traffic. After creating the server pool, you must assign the pool to a virtual server.

Note: Each pool member should be an HTTP/2-capable web server.

  1. On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Pools.

    The Pools list screen opens.

  2. Click Create.

    The New Pool screen opens.

  3. In the Name field, type a name for the pool.

    Names must begin with a letter, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the underscore (_) character.

    Important: The pool name is limited to 63 characters.

  4. Type a Description field, type a description of the pool.

  5. For the Health Monitors setting, from the Available box, select a health monitor and move it to the Active box.

    There are no HTTP/2-specific health monitors available on the BIG-IP system.

  6. In the Resources area of the screen, from the Load Balancing Method list, retain the default, or select a load balancing method.

  7. From the Priority Group Activation list, retain the default value (Disabled) or select Less than and type a numeric value.

  8. Using the New Members setting, add each resource that you want to include in the pool:

    1. In the Node Name field, type a name for the node portion of the pool member.

    2. In the Address field, type an IP address.

    3. In the Service Port field, type a port number, or select a service name from the list.

    4. If you enabled priority group activation, then in the Priority field, type a priority number.

    5. Click Add.

  9. Click Finished.