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101 Question #70: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A: Viewing monitor traffic could help the administrator to define a more robust monitor.. This question tests understanding of why an administrator would capture and analyze BIG-IP health monitor traffic.
Question
Why would an administrator capture monitor traffic between a BIG-IP and servers?
Options
- AViewing monitor traffic could help the administrator to define a more robust monitor.
- BIf a client were having difficulty logging into a loadbalanced SSH server, viewing and analyzing
- COnly client traffic may be captured; monitor traffic may not be captured.
- DIf client traffic to servers was failing, viewing and analyzing monitor traffic would determine the
Explanation
This question tests understanding of why an administrator would capture and analyze BIG-IP health monitor traffic.
Common mistakes.
- B. Client SSH login issues are diagnosable via client-side traffic capture, not monitor traffic, since monitor probes and client sessions are separate flows.
- C. Monitor traffic can be captured on BIG-IP using standard packet capture tools like tcpdump on the relevant VLAN interface.
- D. Monitor traffic only shows whether the health check itself is passing or failing, not the root cause of client traffic failures, which requires capturing actual client-to-server flows.
Concept tested. BIG-IP health monitor traffic capture and analysis
Reference. https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13637
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