F5CTSLTM1-B

BIG-IP LTM Specialist Base Configuration and Networking Setup

Part of F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM

Targets: Product version not specified in the blueprint
Blueprint source: Official beta blueprint F5CTSLTM.032026.BETA (valid March-April 2026; beta exams until 2026-07-31), relayed by PRIME 2026-07-21 ↗

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Exam F5CTSLTM1-B: BIG-IP LTM Specialist Base Configuration and Networking Setup

F5CTSLTM1.01 Determine whether or not an application can be deployed with only the LTM module provisioned
What to know:
- Identify the functionality of LTM configuration objects
- Identify LTM profile settings to deploy an application
- Determine capabilities of LTM configuration objects
On this site: Profiles on a Virtual Server, BIG-IP Virtual Server Types, and What Each One Actually Does
F5CTSLTM1.02 Identify the difference between deployments (e.g., one arm, two arm, nPath/ Direct Server Return/DSR)
What to know:
- Identify configuration objects needed for L2/L3 nPath/DSR routing
- Determine how the IP address changes when using nPath/DSR
- Determine how IP addresses change when using a full proxy deployment
- Plan the network considerations for one arm and two arm deployments
- Understand the importance of auto last-hop
On this site: SNAT and the Return-Traffic Problem
F5CTSLTM1.03 Determine how to secure Self Ips
What to know:
- Identify which administrative services need to be accessible
- Identify which configurations objects are allowing accessibility
- Identify which services must be enabled for HA availability between devices
- Make use of port lockdown
On this site: Packet Filters: The Checkpoint Before Everything, and the Switch That Ships Off, Management Access on BIG-IP: the Management IP, Port Lockdown, and Access Lists, Management Access on BIG-IP: the Management IP, Port Lockdown, and Access Lists
F5CTSLTM1.04 Determine how to perform basic device configuration
What to know:
- Identify how to synch time/date amongst LTM devices
- Determine how to limit administrative access to LTM device (GUI/CLI)
- Identify how to restrict access to administrative partitions
On this site: Management Access on BIG-IP: the Management IP, Port Lockdown, and Access Lists, The System Services Behind a Healthy BIG-IP: DNS, NTP, SNMP, Syslog
F5CTSLTM1.05 Understand route domains
What to know:
- Explain the functionality of route domains
On this site: Route Domains: Layer 3 Segmentation Inside One BIG-IP
F5CTSLTM1.06 Interpret log file messages and/or command line output to identify LTM device issues
What to know:
- Interpret log file messages to identify LTM device configuration issues
- Interpret the qkview heuristic results
- Identify appropriate methods to troubleshoot protocols that support the platform (e.g. NTP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, SSH, FTP, SYSLOG)
- Identify license problems based on the log file messages and statistics
On this site: The BIG-IP Service Check Date, and Why an Upgrade Can Refuse to Load, qkview and iHealth: the Support Snapshot Workflow, The BIG-IP Log Files: a Map of /var/log, The BIG-IP Log Files: a Map of /var/log, qkview and iHealth: the Support Snapshot Workflow
Tools: f5-service-check-date