BIG-IP Administration Data Plane Concepts (F5CAB2) Online Training

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UPDATED: April 17, 2025

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This F5CAB2 exam validates your knowledge of BIG-IP data plane concepts like interfaces, traffic behavior, virtual servers, and high availability. After passing, you’ll confidently manage and troubleshoot traffic flow, understand key ADC components, and support BIG-IP environments in production networks. This F5 course is one of five exams you need to take in order to earn your F5 Certified Administrator credential.

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What you'll learn

Understanding interfaces, VLANs, trunks, and self-IP relationships
Analyzing BIG-IP traffic behavior based on configuration
Defining and managing ADC application delivery components
Explaining and using different virtual server types
Understanding and applying high availability concepts
Interpreting BIG-IP data plane status and statistics

FAQs

Is the F5CAB2 exam hard?

The F5CAB2 exam can be challenging if you don’t have hands-on experience with BIG-IP traffic flow and application delivery concepts. It’s not extremely technical, but it does require a solid understanding of how BIG-IP processes data plane traffic, how interfaces and routes work together, and how to interpret system behavior. If you’ve worked with BIG-IP in a real environment, you’ll be better prepared.

What’s the difference between F5CAB1 and F5CAB2?

F5CAB1 is about installing, configuring, and upgrading BIG-IP—basically the setup phase. F5CAB2 picks up where that leaves off, diving into traffic handling, configuration logic, and application delivery. Think of F5CAB1 as laying the foundation and F5CAB2 as understanding how traffic moves across that foundation.

Is F5CAB2 required for F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP?

Yes. F5CAB2 is one of five exams required to earn the F5 Certified Administrator (F5-CA, BIG-IP) credential. You can take them in any order, but F5CAB2 covers essential traffic flow and ADC concepts, so it’s a solid early step if you’re working toward the full certification.

Can I take F5CAB2 before F5CAB1?

Yes, you can take F5CAB2 before F5CAB1. The F5 certification path is flexible, so you can tackle the exams in any order. Just make sure you’re comfortable with the topics, since F5CAB2 assumes you already understand the basics of BIG-IP installation and configuration.

Who should take the F5CAB2 exam?

The F5CAB2 exam is a great fit for network administrators, application delivery specialists, and system engineers who are responsible for BIG-IP traffic behavior and availability. If you're already configuring virtual servers or managing HA in production, this exam helps validate and solidify your skill set.

Who is this for?

This F5 training is perfect for network engineers, system administrators, and application delivery professionals working with BIG-IP traffic management, HA, and ADC deployments.

What our learners say

Practice exams help you have an overview of your readiness. If you have failed a couple questions in one area, you can go back and work on them.
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Having access to on-demand labs that I could spin up instantly was very helpful. I didn’t have to have a home environment with a bunch of virtual machines spun up. Or worry about destroying things.
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Download the free F5CAB2 study plan to complete this course in about 6 hours.

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