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F5 Fundamentals Certification Resource Guide

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This document outlines topic areas covered on the F5 Fundamentals Certification Exam and resources available to help prepare test takers.

OSI model
Networking basics

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Networking-Basics-Part1.html http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/

Data link layer


Networking concepts, switching, addressing, media access control http://www.osischool.com/protocol/arp/basic http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/bigip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm_implementations_guide_10_1/sol_linkagg.html Book: The TCP/IP Guide, Kozierok http://www.tcpipguide.com/ http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-ip-routingadministration-11-2-0/5.html http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/bigip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos_management_guide_10_1/tmos_arp.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/500/sol3523.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/500/sol3523.html

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Network layer
IP and host addressing, routing, packet traversing Book: The TCP/IP Guide, Kozierok http://www.tcpipguide.com/ http://www.tenouk.com/download/pdf/Module42.pdf http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/gg243376.pdf https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-ip-routingadministration-11-2-0.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/200/sol13284.html

Transport layer
TCP, UDP concepts Book: The TCP/IP Guide, Kozierok http://www.tcpipguide.com/ http://www.osischool.com/protocol/tcp/three-way-handshake http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/000/sol8082.html http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/500/sol7559.html http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/500/sol7535.html http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/1000/800/sol1893.html

Application layer
HTTP concepts, SIP, SMTP, DNS Book: The TCP/IP Guide, Kozierok http://www.tcpipguide.com/ http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/bigip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm_configuration_guide_10_1/ltm_services_profiles.html?sr=20 797034#1226979 http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/sip-defined-wp.pdf http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/http-fundamentals-wp.pdf Book: DNS and Bind, Liu http://www.amazon.com/DNS-BIND-CricketLiu/dp/1565925122 RFC 2616 (HTTP): http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

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Positive and Negative Security


Concepts and examples https://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/10 88520/F5-Security-on-Owasp-Top-10.aspx https://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/39/aff/47/showtab /groupforums/Default.aspx

Cryptographic services
http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/authentication-101-tb.pdf

IPSec and SSL


SSL Concepts, termination, client SSL, acceleration
Book: SSL and TLS, Eric Rescorla, http://www.amazon.com/SSL-TLS-DesigningBuilding-Systems/dp/0201615983 LTM Essentials, Module 7 on F5 University http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/314.pdf https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/100/sol10167.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/200/sol11220.htm https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/200/sol10209.html

F5 Solutions & Technology


Whitepapers and data sheets http://www.f5.com/solutions/resources/white-papers.html http://www.f5.com/solutions/resources/datasheets/

iRules
Best practices, examples, wiki groups

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.HomePage.ashx

iApps
Best practices, examples, wiki groups

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iControl
Best practices, examples, wiki groups https://devcentral.f5.com/default.aspx?tabid=76 https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.HomePage.ashx

Proxy & Packet based Architectures


LTM architecture LTM Essentials, Modules 1 and 2 on F5 University http://www.f5.com/pdf/products/big-ip-local-traffic-manager-overview.pdf https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/800/sol7820.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/700/sol7751.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/700/sol11796.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/700/sol7752.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/200/sol12272.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/400/sol13444.html

High Availability
Redundant pair concepts, setup, and synchronization

LTM Essentials, Module 10 on F5 University https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/000/sol7024.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/700/sol11736.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/200/sol7222.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/200/sol13297.html

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Load Balancing
Load balancing methods, configuration LTM Essentials, Module 3 on F5 University http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/load-balancing101-wp.pdf https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/400/sol6406.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/100/sol9125.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/100/sol12105.html

Client Server roles and protocol


http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-564-information-technology http://www.protocols.com/

Web Application Delivery Platforms (VM and HW Based)


Hypervisors, supported platforms, virtualization http://www.f5.com/solutions/virtualization/ http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Hypervisorcomparison.pdf

Acceleration techniques
https://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/category/4335.aspx http://www.f5.com/solutions/acceleration/ http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/acceleration-101-wp.pdf http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/acceleration-102-wp.pdf

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