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Without creating a userdefined region, what is the most specific group a topology record can identify?

The correct answer is D. state/province. F5 BIG-IP GTM topology records support a built-in geographic hierarchy, and state/province is the most granular level available without defining a custom region.

Section 3: Load Balancing and High Availability Basics

Question

Without creating a userdefined region, what is the most specific group a topology record can identify?

Options

  • Acity
  • Bcountry
  • Ccontinent
  • Dstate/province
  • Eregion of country

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • D
    94% (45)

Why each option

F5 BIG-IP GTM topology records support a built-in geographic hierarchy, and state/province is the most granular level available without defining a custom region.

Acity

City is not a built-in geographic level in GTM topology records; it requires a user-defined region to represent city-level granularity.

Bcountry

Country is a valid topology level but is less specific than state/province, which sits below country in the built-in hierarchy.

Ccontinent

Continent is a valid topology level but is the broadest geographic grouping, not the most specific.

Dstate/provinceCorrect

GTM topology records use a built-in geographic hierarchy of continent, country, and state/province. State/province is the deepest level natively supported - no user-defined region is required to use it. To go more granular than state/province, an administrator must manually create a custom user-defined region.

Eregion of country

'Region of country' is not a distinct built-in topology level; it would require a user-defined region to implement.

Concept tested: GTM topology records built-in geographic hierarchy

Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_gtm/manuals/product/gtm-implementations-11-4-0/6.html

Topics

#topology records#topology load balancing#geographic granularity#GTM

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