101 · Question #295
GTM can load balance to LTM in addition to non-BIG-IP hosts.
The correct answer is A. True. F5 BIG-IP GTM supports load balancing to both BIG-IP LTM virtual servers and non-BIG-IP hosts, enabling global traffic management across heterogeneous environments.
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GTM can load balance to LTM in addition to non-BIG-IP hosts.
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- ATrue
- BFalse
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(46 responses)- A93% (43)
- B7% (3)
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F5 BIG-IP GTM supports load balancing to both BIG-IP LTM virtual servers and non-BIG-IP hosts, enabling global traffic management across heterogeneous environments.
GTM pool members can be BIG-IP LTM virtual servers, which communicate with GTM via the iQuery protocol to provide real-time performance metrics, or they can be non-BIG-IP hosts such as generic servers and third-party devices monitored via standard probing methods like ICMP or TCP. This flexibility allows GTM to distribute DNS-based traffic globally across mixed infrastructure without requiring all endpoints to run BIG-IP software.
False is incorrect because GTM is explicitly designed with multiple pool member types - including both BIG-IP LTM virtual servers and generic non-BIG-IP hosts - to support hybrid and heterogeneous data center deployments.
Concept tested: GTM pool member types - LTM and non-BIG-IP hosts
Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-15-1-0/big-ip-dns-implementations/adding-servers-and-virtual-servers-to-big-ip-dns.html
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