F5 201 Exam Preparation

Troubleshooting F5 LTM
Troubleshooting Virtual Servers
1. Which virtual server will process client https request to 10.10.1.105:443?

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https105_vs – 10.10.1.105:80
one05_vs – 10.10.1.105:*
net_vs – 10.10.1.0/24:443
any_vs – 0.0.0.0/*

a. https105_vs
b. one05_vs
c. net_vs
d. any_vs
Troubleshooting Virtual Servers
2. Only one client able to access the Application/Virtual Server. Based from VS configuration, you
decided to modify the Source Address. Which configuration resolves the issue?

10.10.1.30 10.10.1.29

10.10.0.0/16

http_vs
dst addr - 10.10.1.100:80
src addr – 10.10.1.30/32

a. 10.10.1.24/30
b. 10.10.1.29/31
c. 10.10.1.28/30
d. 10.10.1.30/30
Troubleshooting Virtual Servers
3. What is true about Reject Virtual Servers?

10.10.1.30

10.10.0.0/16

reject_vs – 172.16.20.2:443

a. It will process UDP traffic

b. It returns with RST flag
c. Only works Forwarding Virtual Server
d. It enables Full Proxy Architecture
Troubleshooting Persistence
1. You noticed that BIG-IP forwards connection to only one pool member every time a specific
client sends request to ssh_vs. Which of the following is true?

10.10.1.30

10.10.0.0/16

ssh_vs – 10.10.1.102:22

a. Load Balancing is disabled

b. SNAT is disabled
c. Profile is enabled
d. Persistence is enabled

172.16.20.1 :22 172.16.20.2 :22 172.16.20.3 :22

Troubleshooting Persistence
2. Which of the following is true based on Pool Member status.

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http_vs – 10.10.1.102:80

a. VS will not accept new connections

b. VS will stop load balancing traffic
c. VS will only forward traffic to the 1st Member
d. VS will accept connections with persistence

172.16.20.1 :80 172.16.20.2 :80 172.16.20.3 :80

Troubleshooting Persistence
3. You want to make sure clients will maintain connections to one specific pool member on
both https_vs and http_vs. What configuration should be enabled.

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https_vs – 10.10.1.100:443
http_vs – 10.10.1.100:80

a. Universal Persistence
b. Cookie Persistence
c. Persistence with Priority Group
d. Persistence with Match Across Services

172.16.20.1 :443|80 172.16.20.2:443|80 172.16.20.3:443|80

Troubleshooting Load Balancing
1. How will the BIG-IP distribute the connection request to the servers?

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Priority Group Activation

http_vs – 10.10.1.102:22 Less than Value = 2 Available Member(s)

a. None
b. Server 4 and 5
c. Server 3 only
d. Server 1, 2, and 3 PG = 10 PG = 5

172.16.20.1 172.16.20.2 172.16.20.3 172.16.20.4 172.16.20.5

Troubleshooting Load Balancing
2. How will the BIG-IP distribute the connection request to the servers?

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Priority Group Activation

http_vs – 10.10.1.102:22 Less than Value = 2 Available Member(s)

a. Server 1 only
b. Server 3 only
c. Server 1, 2 and 3
d. Server 1 and 3 PG = 3 PG = 2 PG = 1

172.16.20.1 :22 172.16.20.2 :22 172.16.20.3 :22

Troubleshooting Pools
1. Third pool member went from offline to available. You want the 3rd member not to be overloaded by
slowly increasing the number of connection request. What feature should be enabled?

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Load Balancing Method

http_vs – 10.10.1.102:80 Least Connection

a. Action on Service Down

b. Change Member Ratio Values
c. Slow Ramp Time
d. Priority Group

172.16.20.1 :80 172.16.20.2 :80 172.16.20.3 :80

Troubleshooting Pools
2. What cause the status of Pool Member 2?

a. Node monitor
b. Pool Monitor
c. Manual Offline
d. Manual Disabled
Troubleshooting Monitor
1. The BIG-IP is receiving HTTP response code from servers in the Pool: 200 from member 1, 404
from member 2 and 404 from member 2. Pool has http (system defined) monitor configured. What
will be the status of 3 members.
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http_vs – 10.10.1.102:80

a. Offline, Available, Available

b. All 3 members are available
c. All 3 members are offline
d. Available, Offline, Offline

172.16.20.1 :80 172.16.20.2 :80 172.16.20.3 :80

Troubleshooting Monitor
2. What cause the status of Pool Member 2

a. Node monitor
b. Pool Monitor
c. Manual Offline
d. Manual Disabled
Troubleshooting HTTPS
1. You decided to enabled SSL Offload / SSL Termination by enabling Client SSL Profile. What
else need to be done?

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http_vs – 10.10.1.100:443

a. Enable Server SSL Profile

b. Change pool from https to http
c. Enable Persistence
d. Enable HTTP Profile

172.16.20.1 :443 172.16.20.2 :443 172.16.20.3 :443

Troubleshooting HTTPS
2. After enabling Client SSL Profile, users are experiencing application issues. What
configuration must be changed

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http_vs – 10.10.1.100:443

a. Enable Server SSL Profile

b. Enable Persistence
c. Enable HTTP Profile
d. Enable Monitor

172.16.20.1 :443 172.16.20.2 :443 172.16.20.3 :443