I lately decided to start going through the F5 201 certification series. I’ve taken 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals, 201 TMOS administration, and 303 ASM Technology Specialist examinations. I’m now one of about 3000 F5 201certified masterminds worldwide – and I’m enough happy about that.
I’m in the order that holding certification doesn’t prove one way or another whether you’re suitable to develop and maintain a system in the real world, but it does prove though that you’re willing to go the redundant afar to take the test and prove a position of knowledge and grasp of the motifs. We all know the further you get down from the academy and council times of having to take a test every other week, the harder it gets to actually sit down and take a test!
For me, with multiple times working with F5 201, enough thorough CCNA position knowledge of networks, I passed the examinations on the first pass with one week of study each, taking the tests on three successive Fridays. I’ve been working with ASM for around two times, and BIG-IP in general about 5 full-time times as my main job duty.
Tips for taking the Exams
# 1 I plant that the arrangements posted on https//f5.com/education/certification are enough accurate representation of the test motifs. Read through the design and find some supporting literature for each ideal. There is a plenitude of free coffers available on the internet, specifically Eric Mitchell’s great study attendants at his Learn F5 201 website, or you can always hang out at your original Barnes & Nobles to find some print media around networks & operations.
# 2 Pay close attention to the bottom of runner 1 of the design. It tells you the interpretation upon which the test is grounded. It’s surely worth it to bobble up a VE running that specific interpretation and playing around with it. You can get a lab edition for 95$ – contact me directly if you need help with that.
Some of the test questions are about where particular settings can be modified or about a particular point. I plant that this can differ greatly between performances, especially when working with other modules than LTM/ GTM. F5 201 refreshes the test about every 2 times. The 101 and 201 examinations will be streamlined latterly this time (it’s 2015 now).
# 3 Don’t be too nervous about taking the test. First, you can go back and forth in the test and review questions in the end that you weren’t sure about. Second, you don’t have to do any labs or practical operations. Eventually, you can also give feedback on questions.
Specific Exams
101 – Application Delivery Fundamentals
The 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals design.
You can pass the 101 test without having hands-on experience with F5 201. It’s substantially networking principles and the basics of operation delivery. The F5-specific portion of this test can be fluently learned by studying the basics of the different modules offered by F5 201 and how they address specific business requirements.
Be Set to answer questions about how TCP connection set up a workshop, which protocols are used for AAA, explain how subcaste 2 dispatches work, the purpose of switches and routers, sort technologies by the subcaste of the OSI model that they belong to, and the suchlike. You also want to know your anchorages for common protocols FTP, SSH, DNS, HTTP/ S, SNMP, SMTP, etc. The time allowed vs the quantum of questions is aplenty. I was done with the questions after about 35 min and used the remainder of the time to review the questions.
f5 201 – TMOS Administration
The f5 201 TMOS administration design.
The 201 test requires you to have a working knowledge of LTM/ GTM. You'll need to be familiar with reading and humane log dispatches, the order in which effects are reused in TMOS, understand what health observers are and why they might mark an impeccably fine working garçon as down, understand stylish practices of managing single and groups of bias.
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