# Install Server Pool Monitoring Agents

Server Pool Monitoring Agents can be installed on the Server Pool servers to monitor the availability and load of the Server Pool members.

Server Pool Monitoring Agents are installed on the servers that form the Server Pool to report the server’s health and load. The Engine uses the information to send traffic to the server that can best handle the additional load and avoid sending new connections to a server that is inoperative. The Monitoring Agent has various in-built tests and it can also run external scripts or programs on the server to check that the server is functioning properly. You must install the Server Pool Monitoring Agents onto all members of the Server Pool.