F5 Network:
o F5 name was originally take from the English move Twister F5 tornado related to storm.
o F5 Networks, was originally named the F5 Labs, was established in the Year of 1996.
o In the Year 1997, F5 Network launched its first product a load balancer called BIG-IP.
o F5 Networks, Inc. is an American-based company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
o Specializes in application delivery networking (ADN) technology for delivery of web apps.
o Security, performance, availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network.
o Specializes in application delivery networking (ADN) technology and cloud resources.
o Application Delivery Platform is a suite of technologies that handles application services.
o Like load balancing, security controls and traffic management in data centers and cloud.
o Application services platform role is to deliver applications reliably & securely to end users.
o ADN is suite of technologies that, when deployed together, provide application availability.
o ADN is a suite, when deployed together it is provide security, visibility, and acceleration.
o It provides products & services to help companies manage their Internet Protocol traffic.
o It provides products & services to help companies manage their file storage infrastructure.
o F5 products ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should.
o Ensure that applications are always secure anywhere, any time & on any device in Network.
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F5 Networks Certification:
The F5 Networks Certification program is small and focused. It offers IT credentials that help
prepare folks to develop, deploy and support the company's products and solutions.
https://www.f5.com/services/certification
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All F5 exams are scored on a scaled-score basis, where your score will range from a possible 100
to 350 points; all F5 exams will be calibrated for a passing score of 245 on that scale.
Exam 101–Application Delivery Fundamentals
Exam 201–TMOS Administration
Exam 202–Pre-Sales Fundamentals
Exam 301a–BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Architect, Setup, and Deploy
Exam 301b–BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and Troubleshoot
Exam 302–BIG-IP DNS Specialist
Exam 303–BIG-IP ASM Specialist
Exam 304–BIG-IP APM Specialist
Exam 401–Security Solutions
Exam 402–Cloud Solutions
Exam 101–Application Delivery Fundamentals
This is the first exam required to achieve F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator status. All candidates
must take this exam to move forward in the program.
Exam 201–TMOS Administration
This is the second exam required to achieve Certified F5 BIG-IP Administrator status. Candidates
must have passed the 101–Application Delivery Fundamentals exam in order to be eligible for
the 201-TMOS Administration exam. Successful completion of the 201 exam identifies
candidates who can independently perform day-to-day operations and basic troubleshooting of
TMOS-based devices in various application environments after it has been installed, configured,
and implemented.
Exam 301a–BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Architect, Setup, and Deploy
This is one of two exams required to achieve F5 Certified Technology Specialist, Local Traffic
Manager status. Individuals who pass this exam possess an understanding of underlying
principles—from Secure Sockets Layer-based (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN)
implementation to symmetric and asymmetric acceleration—and can draw on that insight to
integrate BIG-IP LTM into existing networks as well as new implementations.
Exam 301b–BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and Troubleshoot
This exam identifies individuals qualified to design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot
advanced F5 product features to enhance the effectiveness of an application delivery network.
They possess an understanding of underlying principles—from SSL-based VPN implementation
to symmetric and asymmetric acceleration—and can draw on that insight to integrate BIG-IP
LTM into existing networks as well as new implementations.
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