Scenario: A company has three departments with proprietary applications that need to be load balanced on a Citrix ADC. The three department managers would like to use the same IP address to access…

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Options

• AThree different Citrix ADCs that use the same IP address
• BThree different admin partitions that allow use of the same IP address for each load-balanced
• CThree different load-balanced vServers with three different IP addresses on a Citrix ADC
• DThree SNIPs with the same IP address on a Citrix ADC

• A
  10% (3)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  83% (25)

Explanation

There appears to be an error in the provided answer key - B is the correct answer, not D.

Admin Partitions (B) are the correct Citrix ADC feature for this scenario. A single ADC can be partitioned into isolated logical instances, each with its own configuration, routing table, and IP address space - meaning all three departments can independently use the same IP address for their respective load-balanced vServers without conflict.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - Using three separate ADCs would technically allow the same IP per device, but is architecturally wasteful, costly, and not a single-ADC solution as implied by the scenario.
• C - Directly contradicts the requirement; three different IPs cannot satisfy "same IP address."
• D - SNIPs (Subnet IP addresses) are used for back-end server-side communication, not for vServer IP addresses. Configuring three SNIPs with the same IP on one ADC is not a valid or meaningful configuration for this use case.

Memory tip: Think of Admin Partitions like apartment units in a building - same building (ADC), same street address (IP), but each tenant (department) has their own isolated space. When you see "same IP, different departments, one ADC," think partitions.

Note: If your study material lists D as correct, I'd recommend cross-checking with official Citrix documentation or your instructor, as D (SNIPs) does not align with this use case.

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