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F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)

Standardize your team on F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) with a structured F5 training path — virtual labs and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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5
Courses
$50 USD per exam
Exam cost
4
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam cost
$50 USD per exam
Courses on path
5
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam codes
  • F5CAB1
  • F5CAB2
  • F5CAB3
  • F5CAB4
  • F5CAB5

Exam datasheet

Exam length
30 minutes per exam
Questions
25-30 per exam
Passing score
245 out of 350
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
1-2 years of experience with BIG-IP products
Recertification
2 years
Hiring-market salary
$80,000 - $110,000 USD
Certified professionals
5000
Testing centerExam blueprint

Public hiring-market data — not a CBT Nuggets guarantee.

Skills your team builds

BIG-IP managementnetwork configurationtroubleshootinginstallation

Multi-course path

Your team's 5-course training path

F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) is a multi-exam certification. The complete path runs through 5 CBT Nuggets courses — assign them as one playlist and track team progress across all of them.

  1. Start here · primary course

    F5CAB1

    Learn how to install, configure, secure, and upgrade BIG-IP systems with this expert-led F5CAB1 training. This F5 exam is one of five exams you need to earn the F5 Certified Administrator credential. You’ll walk through real-world admin tasks like managing software images, setting up licensing, and locking down access, all while preparing for the BIG-IP Administration Install, Initial Configuration, and Upgrade exam. Perfect for network admins and system engineers working with F5 who want to build confidence and prove their skills.

    Bob Salmans
    44 videos5h
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  4. F5CAB4

    This training covers everything you need to learn in order to pass the BIG-IP Administration Control Plane (F5CAB4) exam. Gain skills to manage high availability, backups, device upgrades, and authentication methods. Earning your F5 Certified Administrator credential proves your ability to support and administer BIG-IP control plane features in real-world environments. After taking this skills-focused training, you'll be able to troubleshoot, sync configurations, and manage system states with confidence.

    Bob Salmans
    43 videos5h
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  5. F5CAB5

    Learn valuable F5 networking skills with expert-led training. The BIG-IP Administration Support and Troubleshooting (F5CAB5) exam validates your ability to identify and resolve common BIG-IP issues in real-world environments. After taking this F5 training, you'll know how to evaluate system performance, diagnose virtual server and pool behavior, and interpret traffic flow to maintain uptime — all the skills you need to pass the F5CAB5 exam and work towards your F5 Certified Administrator credential.

    Bob Salmans
    42 videos5h
    Open course

Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

F5 career ladder

Where F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) sits in your team's F5 progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Professional level

    2 certs

    F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)

    F5CAB1, F5CAB2, F5CAB3, F5CAB4…

    You are here

    F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM)

    301a, 301b

Customer outcome

Make F5 a coverage number your auditor can quote

F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

See team pricing
1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make F5 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on F5 gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives F5 incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)

Exam
  • F5CAB1
  • F5CAB2
  • F5CAB3
  • F5CAB4
  • F5CAB5

Frequently asked questions about F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) training for their team.

How does F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)?

IT Directors typically frame F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new F5 hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level F5 certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if F5 updates the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates F5 course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When F5 restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

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