F5CAB1

BIG-IP Administration Install, Initial Configuration, and Upgrade

Part of F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP

Targets: Product version not specified in the blueprint
Blueprint source: F5 Certification blueprint F5-CAB.0425 (official, relayed by PRIME 2026-07-21) ↗

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F5CAB1: BIG-IP Administration Install, Initial Configuration, and Upgrade

F5CAB1.01 Securing BIG-IP
What to know:
- Securing Management-IP
- Port lockdown
- Firewall Rules for Self-IPs
- Configure DDOS Vectors
- Secure Password Policies
- SSHD ACLs
- HTTPd ACLs
On this site: Packet Filters: The Checkpoint Before Everything, and the Switch That Ships Off, SYN Flood Protection on BIG-IP: Cookies, Thresholds, and Who Answers First, Management Access on BIG-IP: the Management IP, Port Lockdown, and Access Lists
F5CAB1.02 Identify management connectivity configurations
What to know:
- Identify the configured management-IP address
- Interpret port lockdown settings to Self-IP
- Show remote connectivity to the BIG-IP Management interface
- Explain management IP connectivity issue
- Identify HTTP/SSH access list to management-IP address
On this site: Management Access on BIG-IP: the Management IP, Port Lockdown, and Access Lists
F5CAB1.03 Explain the processes of licensing, license reactivation, and license modification
What to know:
- Show where to license (activate.F5.com)
- Identify license issues
- Identify Service Check Date (upgrade)
- Show provisioned modules - CLI/config/TMUI
- Report modules which are licensed for - CLI/config/TMUI
On this site: Recovering a BIG-IP That Won't Load Its Config After an Upgrade, Anatomy of a BIG-IP License File, The BIG-IP Service Check Date, and Why an Upgrade Can Refuse to Load
Tools: f5-service-check-date
F5CAB1.04 Apply procedural concepts required to manage software images
What to know:
- Given an HA pair, describe the appropriate strategy for deploying a new software image
- Perform procedure to upload new software image
- Show currently configured boot location
- Demonstrate creating new volume for software images
On this site: The BIG-IP 21.x Ops Story: In-Place Upgrades, a 64-Bit Control Plane, and BigD at Scale, BIG-IP Upgrade vs Update: Why the Distinction Decides Whether the License Date Is Checked
F5CAB1.05 Identify which modules are licensed and/or provisioned
What to know:
- Show provisioned modules
- Report modules which are licensed
- Show resource utilization of provisioned modules
- Report modules which are provisioned but not licensed
On this site: Anatomy of a BIG-IP License File

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