An organization operates a production environment with strict security protocols. They require all network traffic to have SSL encryption and are in a partnership with F5. Which load balancer method…

Question

Options

• AManual IP allocation
• BRound-robin DNS
• CApplication-side load balancing
• DAppliance and Software

• A
  7% (2)
• B
  14% (4)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  75% (21)

Explanation

Option D is correct because F5 specializes in physical appliances (like the BIG-IP hardware series) and software load balancers that natively support SSL/TLS encryption, including SSL offloading and termination - directly satisfying both the encryption requirement and the F5 partnership.

Why the distractors fail:

• A (Manual IP allocation) addresses IP address assignment, not load balancing or SSL encryption - it's simply the wrong category of solution.
• B (Round-robin DNS) distributes traffic by cycling through DNS records, but operates at the DNS layer with no built-in SSL handling and no tie to F5's product ecosystem.
• C (Application-side load balancing) shifts load balancing logic into the application or client, which is too granular and doesn't leverage dedicated F5 infrastructure or guarantee SSL at the network level.

Memory tip: Think "F5 = Five hardware + Five software." F5's entire brand is built around appliance + software delivery controllers with enterprise-grade SSL support - whenever you see "F5 partnership + SSL," the answer points to their core product model: Appliance and Software.

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