F5 BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and Troubleshoot — Question 35

An LTM device is load balancing telnet and ssh applications in a client/server environment experiencing significant packet delay.
Which setting in the TCP profile should reduce the amount of packet delay?

Answer options

• A. disable Bandwidth Delay
• B. disable Nagle's Algorithm
• C. enable Proxy Maximum Segment
• D. increase Maximum Segment Retransmissions

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Disabling Nagle's Algorithm allows for smaller packets to be sent immediately rather than waiting for more data to fill a larger packet, which can help reduce latency. The other options either do not directly reduce packet delay or may introduce additional overhead or retransmission delays, which are not beneficial in this scenario.