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What tool should the BIG-IP Administrator use to view the status of all virtual servers and associated resources in one place?
The correct answer is B. Network Map. The BIG-IP Network Map provides a single unified view of all virtual servers alongside their associated pools, pool members, and nodes.
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What tool should the BIG-IP Administrator use to view the status of all virtual servers and associated resources in one place?
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- ASystem performance
- BNetwork Map
- CPool statistics
- DVirtual server statistics
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- C7% (2)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
The BIG-IP Network Map provides a single unified view of all virtual servers alongside their associated pools, pool members, and nodes.
System Performance displays system-level health metrics such as CPU utilization, memory usage, and aggregate throughput, not the configuration or status of individual virtual servers and their associated resources.
The Network Map is a purpose-built BIG-IP GUI feature that renders the full hierarchy - virtual servers, associated pools, and individual pool members - in one visual display, allowing an administrator to assess the status of all objects and their relationships at a glance. No other built-in tool consolidates the entire virtual server hierarchy with resource associations in a single location.
Pool Statistics surfaces per-pool counters and member states but does not show the parent virtual server relationship or allow cross-resource status assessment in one place.
Virtual Server Statistics provides throughput and connection metrics for virtual servers individually but does not display the associated pool hierarchy or node-level status alongside them.
Concept tested: BIG-IP Network Map for unified virtual server resource visibility
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