F5CABR (BIG-IP Recert) study guide
F5CABR (BIG-IP Recert) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The F5 BIG-IP Recertification exam (F5CABR) is a recertification assessment for IT professionals who already hold an active F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator or higher-level BIG-IP certification. Rather than testing every topic from scratch, it verifies that your knowledge of the BIG-IP platform remains current across local traffic management, high availability, security, and troubleshooting. The F5CABR (BIG-IP Recert) study guide has 8 sections and about 3,195 words.
01BIG-IP Platform Architecture and Local Traffic Management Fundamentals
This domain tests how a BIG-IP is put together and how local traffic is processed end to end. Expect questions on TMOS, the data plane versus control plane, module roles, and the basic LTM object chain.
423 words, about 2 min02Virtual Servers, Pools, Nodes, and Load Balancing Methods
This domain tests object design and the load-balancing decision: which eligible member receives a new connection. A virtual server defines the listener and references a pool.
429 words, about 2 min03Profiles, Persistence, and iRules
This domain tests how BIG-IP changes protocol behavior and maintains session affinity without breaking load balancing. Profiles are inheritance-based settings containers.
423 words, about 2 min04SSL/TLS Termination, Certificate Management, and Client/Server SSL Profiles
This domain tests where TLS ends, how certificates are managed, and how client-side and server-side SSL differ. With a client SSL profile, the BIG-IP terminates the client TLS connection, decrypts, applies LTM, ASM, or iRules, then can re-encrypt to the pool with a server SSL profile.
376 words, about 2 min05High Availability, Sync-Failover Device Groups, and Traffic Groups
This domain tests how a pair or cluster stays available and how configuration and floating addresses move between devices. Devices join a trust domain and a device group.
369 words, about 2 min06Network Configuration: VLANs, Self IPs, Routes, and SNAT
This domain tests the L2 and L3 underlay and address translation that make virtual servers reachable and pool-member responses returnable. A VLAN binds interfaces, tagged or untagged, to a layer-2 broadcast domain.
390 words, about 2 min07Security: Access Policy Manager, AFM, and Application Security Concepts
This domain tests the division of labor between APM for access, AFM for network and DoS protection, and ASM for web application security. APM controls who gets to an application.
378 words, about 2 min08Monitoring, Logging, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
This domain tests whether you can prove a component is healthy, find the right log, and maintain the platform without breaking it. A monitor sends a probe and interprets the response.
407 words, about 2 min