| Topic | Details |
| Topic 1 | - Identify and report current device status: This domain covers monitoring BIG-IP operational status through LCD panels, dashboards, Network Map, GUI
- TMSH commands, and checking high availability states.
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| Topic 2 | - Apply procedural concepts required to create, manage, and restore a UCS archive: This domain covers UCS backup and restore procedures, understanding backup use cases, proper storage practices, and UCS file contents including private keys.
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| Topic 3 | - Given a scenario, determine device upgrade eligibility: This domain covers determining appropriate timing for software and platform upgrades and strategies to minimize downtime during upgrades.
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| Topic 4 | - Identify management connectivity configurations: This section focuses on understanding management access configurations, including management IP addresses, port lockdown settings, remote connectivity verification, and troubleshooting access issues.
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| Topic 5 | - Explain authentication methods: This section focuses on user management including creating
- modifying users, configuring remote authentication providers, and implementing group-based access control.
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| Topic 6 | - Given a scenario, interpret Service status: This section teaches interpreting service states, analyzing netstat output, and determining whether services are listening on specific ports.
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| Topic 7 | - Apply procedural concepts required to manage the state of a high availability pair: This domain covers controlling and monitoring failover states in high availability pairs, including forcing standby
- offline modes, reporting failover status, and verifying device trust.
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| Topic 8 | - Identify configured system services: This domain covers verifying proper configuration of essential services including DNS, NTP, SNMP, and syslog.
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