BIG-IP Administration Control Plane Administration (F5CAB4-B) BETA exam

UPDATE 3/1/2025: 

The beta period ended February 28, 2025. Analysis of beta exam data takes 30-60 days to process. Beta participants will receive results and score details when the analysis is complete at the end of April. Production exams will be ready for delivery in early May 2025.

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The BIG-IP Administration Control Plane Administration (F5CAB4-B) beta exam is one of five exams required to pass to achieve the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP credential. The exams can be taken in any order:

BIG-IP Administration Install, Initial Configuration, and Upgrade

BIG-IP Administration Data Plane Concepts

BIG-IP Administration Data Plane Configuration

BIG-IP Administration Control Plane Administration

BIG-IP Administration Support and Troubleshooting

The BIG-IP Administration Control Plane Administration (F5CAB4) exam is designed to test the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the candidate. Passing this exams shows competence in performing day-to-day operations and basic deployment, management, security and support of BIG-IP in various application environments after it has been installed, configured, and implemented. As well able to demonstrate an understanding of BIG-IP Administration for Data Plane and Control Plane.

These exams are not designed to test version-specific BIG-IP features, but rather assess
knowledge and understanding of F5 technology solutions for which the exam is developed. 

Summary description of the minimally qualified candidate (MQC)

The MQC has a basic understanding of how to install, configure and upgrade BIG-IP.

The MQC can do the following without assistance:

• Apply procedural concepts required to manage the state of a high availability pair
• Identify management connectivity configurations and current device status
• List which log files could be used to find events and/or hardware issues
• Apply procedural concepts required to create, manage, and restore a UCS archive
• Identify and explain authentication methods, configured system services, config sync
• Given a scenario, determine device upgrade eligibility and interpret Service status

F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP BETA certification blueprint

Details for each exam:

• Duration: 30 minutes
• Number of items: 50-60 
• Cost: $50 USD (or $20 USD with promo code F5CABBETA)

For general information about these beta exams, please read FAQ: F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP Beta exams