| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | alternate_lb_method 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            round-robinreturn-to-dnsnoneratiotopologystatic-persistenceglobal-availabilityvirtual-server-capacitypacket-ratedrop-packetfallback-ipvirtual-server-score | The load balancing mode that the system tries if the preferred_lb_methodis unsuccessful in picking a pool. | 
                            
                                                            | availability_requirements 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | fallback_ip 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies the IPv4, or IPv6 address of the server to which the system directs requests when it cannot use one of its pools to do so. Note that the system uses the fallback IP only if you select the fallback_ipload balancing method. | 
                            
                                                            | fallback_lb_method 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            round-robinreturn-to-dnsratiotopologystatic-persistenceglobal-availabilityvirtual-server-capacityleast-connectionslowest-round-trip-timefewest-hopspacket-ratecpucompletion-ratequality-of-servicekilobytes-per-seconddrop-packetfallback-ipvirtual-server-scorenone | The load balancing mode that the system tries if both the preferred_lb_methodandalternate_lb_methods are unsuccessful in picking a pool. | 
                            
                                                            | max_answers_returned 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies the maximum number of available virtual servers that the system lists in a response. The maximum is 500. | 
                            
                                                            | members 
                    list
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | Members to assign to the pool. The order of the members in this list is the order that they will be listed in the pool. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | server 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Name of the server which the pool member is a part of. | 
                            
                                                |  | virtual_server 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Name of the virtual server, associated with the server, that the pool member is a part of. | 
                                            
                                                            | monitors 
                    list
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | 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                     |  | Name of the GTM pool. | 
                            
                                                            | partition 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.5 | Default: 
 "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. | 
                            
                                                            | preferred_lb_method 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            round-robinreturn-to-dnsratiotopologystatic-persistenceglobal-availabilityvirtual-server-capacityleast-connectionslowest-round-trip-timefewest-hopspacket-ratecpucompletion-ratequality-of-servicekilobytes-per-seconddrop-packetfallback-ipvirtual-server-score | The load balancing mode that the system tries first. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absentenableddisabled | Pool state. When present, ensures that the pool is created and enabled. Whenabsent, ensures that the pool is removed from the system. Whenenabledordisabled, ensures that the pool is enabled or disabled (respectively) on the remote device. | 
                            
                                                            | ttl 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies the number of seconds that the IP address, once found, is valid. | 
                            
                                                            | type 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            aaaaacnamemxnaptrsrv | The type of GTM pool that you want to create. On BIG-IP releases prior to version 12, this parameter is not required. On later versions of BIG-IP, this is a required parameter. |