F5CAB2 is the second of the five exams required to achieve the F5 Certified Administrator (F5-CA).
This exam validates your ability to:
- Understand and apply ADC and load-balancing concepts
- Evaluate availability, performance, and traffic outcomes
- Explain high availability (HA) concepts
Details of the exam
- Duration : 30 minutes
- Number of questions : about 30
- Cost : $50 USD
Study
Use the courses below to prepare for the F5CAB2 exam.
Each lesson is mapped to the exam objectives, allowing you to study at your own pace and focus on the areas that matter most.
Blueprint
Below is the official blueprint for the F5CAB2 exam, along with related articles and resources on ADC-labs to help you prepare thoroughly. Each line of the blueprint links to a dedicated article so you can study step by step and track your progress. Note that some articles cover many blueprint item at once.
| Code | Blueprint Item | Related Articles |
|---|---|---|
| F5CAB2.01 Explain the relationship between interfaces, trunks, VLANs, self-IPs, routes and their status/statistics | Illustrate the use of a trunk in a BIG-IP solution | Interface, trunk, vlan and Self-IP |
| Demonstrate ability to assign VLAN to interface and/or trunk | Interface, trunk, vlan and Self-IP | |
| Identify, based on traffic, which VLAN/route/egress IP would be used | ||
| Distinguish between tagged vs untagged VLAN | Interface, trunk, vlan and Self-IP | |
| Compare Interface status (Up/Down) | Interface, trunk, vlan and Self-IP | |
| Explain the dependencies of interfaces/trunks, VLANs, self-IPs | Interface, trunk, vlan and Self-IP | |
| F5CAB2.02 Define ADC application objects | Define load balancing including intelligent load balancing and server selection | |
| Explain features of an application delivery controller | ||
| Explain benefits of an application delivery controller | ||
| F5CAB2.03 Determine expected traffic behavior based on configuration | Identify traffic diverted due to persistence | |
| Consider the packet and/or virtual server processing order (wildcard vips) | ||
| Identify traffic diverted due to status of traffic objects (vs, pool, pool member) | ||
| Determine the egress source IP based on configuration | ||
| Identify when connection/rate limits are reached | ||
| F5CAB2.04 Identify the different virtual server types | Standard, Forwarding, Stateless, Reject | |
| Performance (Layer 4) and Performance (HTTP) | ||
| F5CAB2.05 Explain high availability (HA) concepts | Explain methods of providing HA integrity | |
| Explain methods of providing HA | ||
| Explain advantages of HA |