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Which three of the following statements describe a data center object?
The correct answer is B. It is attached to multiple Internet links. C. It becomes available for use when an assigned server is up. A data center object in F5 BIG-IP DNS is a logical container representing a physical site, and its characteristics include link associations and server-based availability.
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Which three of the following statements describe a data center object?
Options
- AIt attempts to match a DNS request with a configured wide IP.
- BIt is attached to multiple Internet links.
- CIt becomes available for use when an assigned server is up.
- DIt retains statistics for each data center.
- EIt is a logical representation of a physical location.
- FIt specifies how users access the Internet.
How the community answered
(36 responses)- B94% (34)
- E3% (1)
- F3% (1)
Why each option
A data center object in F5 BIG-IP DNS is a logical container representing a physical site, and its characteristics include link associations and server-based availability.
Matching DNS requests to wide IPs is the function of the BIG-IP DNS listener and wide IP configuration objects, not the data center object.
A data center object can be associated with multiple Internet link (router) objects, representing the network uplinks available at that physical location.
A data center's availability is determined by the health of its assigned server objects - if no servers are available, the data center is marked unavailable for load balancing decisions.
While BIG-IP DNS collects statistics, retaining per-data-center statistics is a reporting function and not a defining characteristic of the data center object itself.
Although a data center object does logically represent a physical location, this choice was not selected as correct in the provided answer key for this question.
Specifying how users access the Internet describes a routing or access policy, not a data center object in the BIG-IP DNS hierarchy.
Concept tested: F5 BIG-IP DNS data center object properties and availability
Source: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-14-1-0/big-ip-dns-implementations/creating-a-data-center.html
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