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F5 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals retired on April 30, 2025 and cannot be scheduled. Use this guide to understand the legacy scope, the May 2025 F5-CA BIG-IP transition, current F5CAB1-F5CAB5 requirements, legacy 201 eligibility, and Pearson VUE or Certiverse delivery options for active exams.
The F5 101 exam is no longer active. New F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP candidates should plan around the five current F5CAB administration exams instead of looking for a 101 appointment.
Use these checkpoints to avoid preparing for a retired exam and to choose the correct current F5-CA path.
Retired April 30, 2025
No longer available
90 minutes
245
F5CAB1 through F5CAB5
Certiverse and Pearson VUE
Effective May 1, 2025, F5 replaced the old Certified Administrator BIG-IP track. The 101 exam retired, and the F5-CA credential moved to the five-exam F5CAB structure.
The retired 101 blueprint covered IP fundamentals, protocols, basic security, traffic management concepts, F5 technologies, application delivery networking, TMOS components, OSI, logs, troubleshooting, HTTP errors, cloud basics, and service ports.
New candidates should prepare for F5CAB1, F5CAB2, F5CAB3, F5CAB4, and F5CAB5. F5 describes these as five shorter exams that preserve the relevant knowledge and skills from the old 101 and 201 structure.
The F5 Education Services Portal says 101 cannot be scheduled. Active F5 exams are scheduled from the Education Services Portal and then delivered through the listed provider, either Certiverse or Pearson VUE.
Use this F5 101 (Application Delivery Fundamentals) exam help page for exam-specific context, then compare the broader online exam help services page or contact HiraEdu if you need a direct handoff. This page stays focused on F5 101 (Application Delivery Fundamentals) while the linked service pages cover broader exam support options.
F5 Education Services states that the F5 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals exam retired on April 30, 2025, and the Education Services Portal now marks the exam as retired and unavailable for scheduling. The legacy 101 page remains useful only as historical reference. It described a 90-minute English exam with a 245 passing score for candidates pursuing the old F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP path. Its minimally qualified candidate profile covered IP networking fundamentals, protocols, basic security concepts, traffic management, F5 technologies, application delivery networking, TMOS components, OSI model knowledge, log review, basic troubleshooting, client-server networking, HTTP error codes, public versus private cloud differences, and common application service ports.
The active F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP path changed effective May 1, 2025. New candidates earn F5-CA, BIG-IP by passing five shorter BIG-IP Administration exams: F5CAB1 Install, Initial Configuration, and Upgrade; F5CAB2 Data Plane Concepts; F5CAB3 Data Plane Configuration; F5CAB4 Control Plane Administration; and F5CAB5 Support and Troubleshooting. F5 says the updated content was derived from the 101 and 201 exams and converted from two 90-minute exams into five 30-minute exams.
Candidates with active legacy eligibility need to read F5's transition rules carefully. F5 states that 201 remains available only to candidates who passed 101 before the retirement date and are still within the regular eligibility window; otherwise, candidates should use the five-exam F5CAB route. F5 Certified exams are scheduled from the Education Services Portal. Current F5CAB exams are listed through Certiverse for remote proctor delivery and Pearson VUE for test-center delivery, with provider-specific pricing and availability.
No. F5 states that the 101 exam retired on April 30, 2025, and the Education Services Portal says the exam has been retired and cannot be scheduled.
New F5-CA BIG-IP candidates now earn the credential by passing five exams: F5CAB1, F5CAB2, F5CAB3, F5CAB4, and F5CAB5.
The retired Education Services page lists F5 101 as a 90-minute English exam with a passing score of 245.
Only if you are still within F5 active legacy eligibility. F5 says 201 remains available to candidates who passed 101 before retirement and are within the regular eligibility window.
F5 lists current exams through Pearson VUE for test-center delivery and Certiverse for online remote-proctored delivery, depending on the exam.
Treat any third-party 101 scheduling claim as stale until confirmed in the F5 Education Services Portal, because F5 marks the exam retired and unavailable.
If you passed 101 before retirement, confirm whether you still have active 201 eligibility. If not, move to the current F5CAB route.
Translate old 101 fundamentals into the new five-exam structure: install and upgrade, data plane concepts, data plane configuration, control plane administration, and support or troubleshooting.
Use the F5 exam catalog to confirm whether the target exam is available through Certiverse online proctoring, Pearson VUE test centers, or both.
Anchor preparation to current F5CAB exam pages and support articles instead of old 101 dumps, outdated courses, or retired blueprint summaries.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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