| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | availability_requirements 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies, if you activate more than one health monitor, the number of health monitors that must receive successful responses in order for the link to be considered available. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | at_least 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the minimum number of active health monitors that must be successful before the link is considered up. This parameter is only relevant when a typeofat_leastis used. This parameter will be ignored if a type of either allorrequireis used. | 
                            
                                                |  | number_of_probers 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the number of probers that should be used when running probes. When creating a new virtual server, if this parameter is specified, then the number_of_probesparameter must also be specified. The value of this parameter should always be higher than, or equal to, the value of number_of_probers. This parameter is only relevant when a typeofrequireis used. This parameter will be ignored if a type of either allorat_leastis used. | 
                            
                                                |  | number_of_probes 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the minimum number of probes that must succeed for this server to be declared up. When creating a new virtual server, if this parameter is specified, then the number_of_probersparameter must also be specified. The value of this parameter should always be lower than, or equal to, the value of number_of_probers. This parameter is only relevant when a typeofrequireis used. This parameter will be ignored if a type of either allorat_leastis used. | 
                            
                                                |  | type 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            allat_leastrequire | Monitor rule type when monitorsis specified. When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of 'all' will be used. | 
                                            
                                                            | datacenter 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Data center the server belongs to. When creating a new GTM server, this value is required. | 
                            
                                                            | devices 
                    list
                                                                 |  | Lists the self IP addresses and translations for each device. When creating a new GTM server, this value is required. This list is a complex list that specifies a number of keys. The namekey specifies a name for the device. The device name must be unique per server. This key is required. The addresskey contains an IP address, or list of IP addresses, for the destination server. This key is required. The translationkey contains an IP address to translate theaddressvalue above to. This key is optional. Specifying duplicate namefields is a supported means of providing device addresses. In this scenario, the addresses will be assigned to thename's list of addresses. | 
                            
                                                            | iquery_options 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.7 |  | Specifies whether the Global Traffic Manager uses this BIG-IP system to conduct a variety of probes before delegating traffic to it. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | allow_path 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Specifies that the system verifies the logical network route between a data center server and a local DNS server. | 
                            
                                                |  | allow_service_check 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Specifies that the system verifies that an application on a server is running, by remotely running the application using an external service checker program. | 
                            
                                                |  | allow_snmp 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Specifies that the system checks the performance of a server running an SNMP agent. | 
                                            
                                                            | limits 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies resource thresholds or limit requirements at the pool member level. When you enable one or more limit settings, the system then uses that data to take members in and out of service. You can define limits for any or all of the limit settings. However, when a member does not meet the resource threshold limit requirement, the system marks the member as unavailable and directs load-balancing traffic to another resource. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | bits_enabled 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Whether the bits limit it enabled or not. This parameter allows you to switch on or off the effect of the limit. | 
                            
                                                |  | bits_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the maximum allowable data throughput rate, in bits per second, for the member. If the network traffic volume exceeds this limit, the system marks the member as unavailable. | 
                            
                                                |  | connections_enabled 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Whether the current connections limit it enabled or not. This parameter allows you to switch on or off the effect of the limit. | 
                            
                                                |  | connections_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections, combined, for all of the member. If the connections exceed this limit, the system marks the server as unavailable. | 
                            
                                                |  | cpu_enabled 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Whether the CPU limit it enabled or not. This parameter allows you to switch on or off the effect of the limit. | 
                            
                                                |  | cpu_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the percent of CPU usage. If percent of CPU usage goes above the limit, the system marks the server as unavailable. | 
                            
                                                |  | memory_enabled 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Whether the memory limit it enabled or not. This parameter allows you to switch on or off the effect of the limit. | 
                            
                                                |  | memory_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the available memory required by the virtual servers on the server. If available memory falls below this limit, the system marks the server as unavailable. | 
                            
                                                |  | packets_enabled 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Whether the packets limit it enabled or not. This parameter allows you to switch on or off the effect of the limit. | 
                            
                                                |  | packets_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the maximum allowable data transfer rate, in packets per second, for the member. If the network traffic volume exceeds this limit, the system marks the member as unavailable. | 
                                            
                                                            | link_discovery 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            enableddisabledenabled-no-delete | Specifies whether the system auto-discovers the links for this server. When creating a new GTM server, if this parameter is not specified, the default value disabledis used. If you set this parameter to enabledorenabled-no-delete, you must also ensure that thevirtual_server_discoveryparameter is also set toenabledorenabled-no-delete. | 
                            
                                                            | monitors 
                    list
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies the health monitors that the system currently uses to monitor this resource. When availability_requirements.typeisrequire, you may only have a single monitor in themonitorslist. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The name of the server. | 
                            
                                                            | partition 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.5 | Default: 
 "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. | 
                            
                                                            | prober_fallback 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.8 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            anyinside-datacenteroutside-datacenterinheritpoolnone | Specifies the type of prober to use to monitor this server's resources when the preferred prober is not available. This option is ignored in TMOSversion12.x. From TMOSversion13.xand up, when prober_preference is set topoolaprober_poolparameter must be specified. The choices are mutually exclusive with prober_preference parameter, with the exception of any-availableornoneoption. | 
                            
                                                            | prober_pool 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies the name of the prober pool to use to monitor this server's resources. From TMOSversion13.xand up, this parameter is mandatory whenprober_preferenceis set topool. Format of the name can be either be prepended by partition (/Common/foo), or specified just as an object name (foo). In TMOSversion12.xprober_pool can be set to empty string to revert to default setting of inherit. | 
                            
                                                            | prober_preference 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.8 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            inside-datacenteroutside-datacenterinheritpool | Specifies the type of prober to use to monitor this server's resources. This option is ignored in TMOSversion12.x. From TMOSversion13.xand up, when prober_preference is set topoolaprober_poolparameter must be specified. | 
                            
                                                            | provider 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.5 |  | A dict object containing connection details. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | auth_provider 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices. | 
                            
                                                |  | password 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD. aliases: pass, pwd
 | 
                            
                                                |  | server 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER. | 
                            
                                                |  | server_port 
                    integer
                                                                 | Default: 
 443 | The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT. | 
                            
                                                |  | ssh_keyfile 
                    path
                                                                 |  | Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device.  This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE. | 
                            
                                                |  | timeout 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands.  If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. | 
                            
                                                |  | transport 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | 
                            
                                                |  | user 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER. | 
                            
                                                |  | validate_certs 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS. | 
                                            
                                                            | server_type 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            alteon-ace-directorcisco-csscisco-server-load-balancergeneric-hostradware-wsdwindows-nt-4.0bigipcisco-local-director-v2extremegeneric-load-balancersun-solariscacheflowcisco-local-director-v3foundry-server-ironnetappwindows-2000-server | Specifies the server type. The server type determines the metrics that the system can collect from the server. When creating a new GTM server, the default value bigipis used. aliases: product
 | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absentenableddisabled | The server state. If absent, an attempt to delete the server will be made. This will only succeed if this server is not in use by a virtual server.presentcreates the server and enables it. Ifenabled, enable the server if it exists. Ifdisabled, create the server if needed, and set state todisabled. | 
                            
                                                            | virtual_server_discovery 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            enableddisabledenabled-no-delete | Specifies whether the system auto-discovers the virtual servers for this server. When creating a new GTM server, if this parameter is not specified, the default value disabledis used. |