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F5 Networks 303 Exam - Topic 4 Question 9 Discussion

Posted by Bronwyn on Jan 14, 2025 at 05:55 PM

A BIG-IP Administrator reviews the Plane CPU Usage performance chart and discovers a high percentage

of Control Plane utilization.

Which type of traffic does this indicate a higher usage of?

Suggested Answer: C

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35 comments · newest first
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Lorriane 11 months ago
High Control Plane usage usually means lots of management tasks happening.
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Ora 11 months ago
Wait, are we sure it’s not just a misconfiguration?
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Adaline 11 months ago
Tunnel traffic can also spike Control Plane usage.
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Ressie 12 months ago
I think it’s more about Application traffic, though.
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Shanice 12 months ago
Definitely indicates higher Administrative traffic.
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Bettye 12 months ago
I recall that accelerated traffic is more about data processing, so I don't think it's C. But I'm still a bit confused about the other options!
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Jacki 1 year ago
I practiced a similar question, and I feel like tunnel traffic could also impact the Control Plane. Could it be B?
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Flo 1 year ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about application traffic causing higher CPU usage. Maybe it's option D?
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Dusti 1 year ago
I think Control Plane utilization is mostly related to administrative tasks, so I might lean towards option A.
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Josphine 1 year ago
I'm leaning towards administrative traffic as well. The Control Plane is likely handling configuration changes, monitoring, and other management functions, so that's probably the type of traffic it's processing.
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Glendora 1 year ago
Administrative traffic makes the most sense to me. The Control Plane is responsible for managing the system, so high utilization there would suggest more admin-related tasks.
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Barbra 1 year ago
Okay, the key here is that the question is specifically about the Control Plane usage. That points me towards administrative traffic as the answer.
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Dannette 1 year ago
I'm a bit unsure on this one. Is the Control Plane responsible for all types of traffic, or just certain kinds? I'll have to think it through carefully.
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Stanford 1 year ago
Hmm, this seems pretty straightforward. If the Control Plane utilization is high, that likely indicates more administrative traffic being processed.
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Reita 1 year ago
Application traffic, obviously. I bet they're just running a bunch of complicated algorithms to calculate the optimal number of emojis to use in their Slack messages.
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Billy 1 year ago
↳ replying to Reita
A: Probably trying to make their messages stand out.
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Kris 1 year ago
↳ replying to Reita
B: Yeah, they must be processing a lot of data for those emojis.
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Ethan 1 year ago
↳ replying to Reita
A: Looks like the high Control Plane utilization is due to Application traffic.
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Kyoko 2 years ago
Tunnel traffic? Nah, that's way too boring. Accelerated traffic sounds much more exciting. Like, they're using the BIG-IP to surf the web at warp speed or something.
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Myong 1 year ago
↳ replying to Kyoko
User 4: Myong: That would explain the high Control Plane utilization.
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Milly 1 year ago
↳ replying to Kyoko
User 3: Milly: Maybe they're using the BIG-IP for faster web surfing.
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Linsey 1 year ago
↳ replying to Kyoko
User 2: Linsey: Yeah, accelerated traffic does sound more exciting.
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Jacquelyne 1 year ago
↳ replying to Kyoko
User 1: Tunnel traffic? Nah, that's way too boring.
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Latrice 2 years ago
I'm not sure, but I think it could also be related to Application traffic.
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Gaynell 2 years ago
Administrative traffic, for sure. I mean, who needs to do actual work when you can just stare at performance charts all day, right?
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Larue 1 year ago
↳ replying to Gaynell
Kimberlie: Agreed, it's probably just someone monitoring the system.
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Kimberlie 1 year ago
↳ replying to Gaynell
User 2: Yeah, definitely administrative traffic.
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Rusty 1 year ago
↳ replying to Gaynell
User 1: Administrative
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Dalene 2 years ago
I agree with Youlanda, Control Plane utilization usually relates to Administrative traffic.
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Youlanda 2 years ago
I think it indicates a higher usage of Administrative traffic.
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Cordelia 2 years ago
Hmm, high Control Plane utilization, that's definitely administrative traffic. I bet the admin is just checking their email and browsing cat videos on the job.
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Miesha 1 year ago
↳ replying to Cordelia
D: Definitely, they need to prioritize application traffic over administrative tasks.
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Rachael 1 year ago
↳ replying to Cordelia
C: Maybe they should focus on optimizing the traffic for work purposes.
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Alexis 1 year ago
↳ replying to Cordelia
B: Yeah, probably the admin doing some non-work related stuff.
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Jeanice 2 years ago
↳ replying to Cordelia
A: Looks like the Control Plane utilization is high, must be a lot of administrative traffic.
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