Keith Barker
Networking & Network Security
7 courses
F5 Training & Certification Courses for Application Delivery Teams
Train your network team on F5 BIG-IP administration — load balancing, SSL offloading, and traffic management for enterprise application delivery.
7
Courses
387
Videos
47h
Total
Where teams start
Most Popular F5 Certifications
Core F5 paths for teams standardizing BIG-IP administration, traffic management, load balancing, SSL offload, and LTM specialist readiness.
Professional
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
Professional
F5CAB2
This F5CAB2 exam validates your knowledge of BIG-IP data plane concepts like interfaces, traffic behavior, virtual servers, and high availability. After passing, you’ll confidently manage and troubleshoot traffic flow, understand key ADC components, and support BIG-IP environments in production networks. This F5 course is one of five exams you need to take in order to earn your F5 Certified Administrator credential.
Bob Salmans
Professional
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
Professional
F5 BIG-IP
This intermediate BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and Troubleshoot (exam 301B) training prepares network security admins to maintain and troubleshoot a flexible and high-performance application delivery system powered by F5's BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager. This course prepares you for one of two exams needed to earn F5's BIG-IP LTM Certified Technical Specialist certification.
Bob Salmans
Professional
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
Professional
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
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Why CBT Nuggets
How CBT Nuggets is different for F5 teams
The platform features IT directors comparing training platforms ask about most often.
Practitioner-led
F5 training your team learns from
Built and taught by engineers who have spent decades running production F5 infrastructure — not crowd-sourced contributors.
Jeff Kish
Data Center & Network Design
Kelvin Tran
Networking & Network Security
Team outcome
Operational readiness for critical roles
Structured networking and infrastructure paths give teams a shared baseline before outages, migrations, and escalations test them.
Best fit for: leaders reducing single points of failure across network, cloud, security, and systems administration responsibilities.
Frequently asked questions about F5 training
Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating F5 training for their team.
Which F5 training should our team start with?
Start with Application Delivery Fundamentals and BIG-IP Administrator if your team is new to F5. Move into the F5CAB modules for day-to-day administration and 301A/301B for LTM specialist ownership.
What is BIG-IP used for?
BIG-IP is F5's application delivery platform for load balancing, SSL offload, traffic management, health monitoring, and application security workflows.
How should managers organize F5 training by role?
Assign fundamentals and BIG-IP admin to operators, F5CAB modules to administrators, and 301A/301B to application delivery engineers or senior network engineers.
How do you measure ROI on F5 training?
Measure who can administer BIG-IP, who can own LTM specialist tasks, who can troubleshoot traffic issues, and who can support application delivery changes without unnecessary escalation.
Can CBT Nuggets support F5 team training?
Yes. Managers can assign F5 paths by role, track completion, and document readiness across BIG-IP administrators and LTM specialists.