F5 Application Delivery Fundamentals (Exam 101) Online Training

For IT leaders managing F5-powered application delivery networks, this associate-level training helps build a reliable baseline for day-to-day F5 administration. It’s designed for junior network admins and newer IT professionals who need to understand how F5 technologies support application performance, availability, and traffic management — while also preparing for Exam 101, the foundational first step toward the F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator certification. The F5-CA path requires both Exam 101 and Exam 201 TMOS.

Use this course to onboard or upskill team members who support BIG-IP environments, application delivery controllers, load balancing, and related network services. For smaller teams, it can help broaden operational coverage. For larger teams, it can help standardize foundational F5 knowledge across junior admins and network support staff.

This training is also a practical fit when risk and change management matter. Misconfigured application delivery infrastructure can affect uptime, user access, and application performance, so giving admins a common understanding of F5 fundamentals can reduce reliance on a few senior engineers and support more consistent operational practices. The course is beginner-friendly and easy to fit into onboarding plans, certification readiness paths, or F5 adoption initiatives without taking the team out of production for extended training.

This training helps junior network admins move from basic networking knowledge to practical F5 support work: reading traffic flows, understanding IPv4/IPv6 addressing and NAT, and recognizing how BIG-IP appliances fit into application delivery. That matters when teams are troubleshooting slow or unavailable applications, validating load balancing behavior, or escalating issues with clearer traffic-flow context.

For managers onboarding staff into environments that rely on F5 technologies, this course builds a shared foundation for day-to-day ADN operations. Admins come away better prepared to support application availability, communicate with senior engineers during incidents, and grow into BIG-IP administration responsibilities without treating F5 as a black box.

Knowledge

• Core application delivery networking concepts, including how F5 technologies support application performance, availability, and security
• OSI model and TCP/IP fundamentals relevant to F5 BIG-IP administration
• IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, subnetting, CIDR notation, and network address translation concepts
• Load balancing methods and the role of application delivery controllers in modern network environments
• Introductory availability, redundancy, and basic traffic management concepts related to BIG-IP deployments
• Foundational F5 BIG-IP architecture and terminology covered in F5 Application Delivery Fundamentals (Exam 101) training

Ability

• Perform basic day-to-day administration tasks for F5-powered application delivery networks
• Interpret foundational network traffic behavior, including where tools such as Wireshark fit into basic analysis workflows, and apply basic troubleshooting approaches
• Work with IP addressing, subnet masks, NAT, and PAT concepts in application delivery scenarios
• Identify how virtual servers, pools, and load balancing support application availability
• Support junior network administration tasks involving F5 BIG-IP environments
• Support preparation for F5 Application Delivery Fundamentals Exam 101 while reinforcing general networking knowledge relevant to BIG-IP administration