F5-303 study guide
F5-303 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
F5-303 is an F5 exam designation that appears in F5's certification and training space, but as of the retrieval date (2026-11-05) the official exam page at f5.com returned a 404 Not Found error. No authoritative details about the exam - question count, duration, passing score, fee, format, retake policy, validity period, or domain weights - could be confirmed from the source. The F5-303 study guide has 5 sections and about 1,895 words.
01Application Delivery and Security Platform fundamentals
Domain 1 tests the platform knowledge the exam assumes before you configure anything: how BIG-IP forwards and inspects traffic, which module owns which behaviour, and how licensing and form factor constrain design. Scenario questions usually frame a requirement and expect you to name the subsystem responsible.
420 words, about 2 min02BIG-IP platform configuration and traffic management
Domain 2 tests object-level configuration: how virtual servers, profiles, pools, monitors, persistence and SNAT combine into working traffic management, and how the platform decides where a connection goes. Chain: node, pool member, pool, virtual server.
395 words, about 2 min03Application security and web application firewall
Domain 3 tests whether you can design and operate an application security policy on BIG-IP Advanced WAF (ASM): enforcement modes, the learning workflow, entity types, signatures and the violations that drive blocking decisions. A security policy runs in Transparent or Blocking enforcement mode.
356 words, about 2 min04Automation, APIs, and integration
Domain 4 tests declarative and API-driven operations: how to authenticate, how iControl REST and tmsh map to each other, and how AS3, Declarative Onboarding and Telemetry Streaming fit together. iControl REST lives under /mgmt.
355 words, about 2 min05Troubleshooting, monitoring, and operations
Domain 5 tests operational diagnosis: choosing the right tool, reading the right log, and separating a BIG-IP fault from an application or network fault. Statistics: tmsh show ltm virtual, show ltm pool and show ltm pool members for connection counts, resets and members marked down.
369 words, about 2 min