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

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

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2
Courses
$180 USD per exam
Exam cost
5
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam cost
$180 USD per exam
Courses on path
2
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam codes
  • 301a
  • 301b

Exam datasheet

Exam length
90 minutes per exam
Questions
80
Passing score
245 out of 350
Prerequisites
F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA)
Recommended experience
1-2 years of experience with F5 products and solutions
Recertification
2 years
Hiring-market salary
$90,000 - $120,000 USD
Certified professionals
5,000
Testing centerExam blueprint

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

Skills your team builds

BIG-IP LTMTraffic ManagementApplication DeliveryNetwork OptimizationF5 Technologies

Multi-course path

Your team's 2-course training path

F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) is a multi-exam certification. The complete path runs through 2 CBT Nuggets courses — assign them as one playlist and track team progress across all of them.

  1. Start here · primary course

    F5 301a Exam

    This F5 301a exam training covers how to efficiently configure, secure and optimize F5 devices with a focus on robust application delivery and traffic management. This course covers the skills and knowledge necessary to configure, manage and secure F5's local traffic manager (LTM). For experienced network security professionals, expanding your skills with this BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Architect, Set up, Deploy (Exam 301a) exam prep is a strong investment in your future.

    Bob Salmans
    101 videos13h
    Open course

Every certification includes

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

F5 career ladder

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

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

    301a, 301b

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Customer outcome

Make F5 a coverage number your auditor can quote

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

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

Exam
  • 301a
  • 301b

Frequently asked questions about F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) training for their team.

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

IT Directors typically frame F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) 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 Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) 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 Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) 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 Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM)?

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

Ready to F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM)-certify your team?

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See how CBT Nuggets helps IT Directors plan and track F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM (F5-CTS, BIG-IP LTM) training across the team — labs, practice exams, and reporting included.

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