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Introduction:

The BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager course is designed for networking professionals to renew their understanding of DNS network systems and wide-area networks, master pre-installation information gathering, and apply this information to the process of installing a GTM System. Utilizing both simulated installation activities and hands-on exercises, participants gain real-time experience setting up and configuring both primary and secondary GTM Systems, WAN systems, integrating multiple GTM Systems, and migrating DNS systems to a GTM.

Audience:

This course is intended for installation engineers and others responsible for installing, configuring and troubleshooting the BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager product.

Prerequisites:

Participants should understand: Common Network terminology TCP/IP Addressing and Routing Internetworking concepts Common elements of WAN and LAN environments Data Center Server redundancy concepts Participants should be proficient with: Basic PC operation and application skills, including operating a CD drive, keyboard, mouse and Windows OS, Basic Web Browser operation (Internet Explorer is used in class). In addition, it is helpful if participants are familiar with: pico editor or vi editor the tcpdump program the nslookup and dig programs

Customize it:

This 2-3-day BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of IT security training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class.

Objectives:

Participants will also gain knowledge of the essential GTM management interfaces that assist etwork managers. In addition, this course covers configuring, monitoring and testing GTM Systems and networks, as well as dynamic and static load balancing, and GTM report screens.

Course Outline and Labs Taught

Module 1: Installation BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager Overview Licensing and the Setup Utility NTP Servers Installation and Setup Labs --Lab – Changing the Initial IP Address --Lab – Licensing the System --Lab - Setup Utility --Lab - Configuration Utility --Lab – Command Line Access (SSH) BIG-IP Hardware Platforms --Lab – SCCP and AOM Configuration Module 2: DNS Overview The Domain Name System (DNS) The Name Resolution Process DNS Server Options The GTM Perspective Resolution Options Module 3: Configuration Configuring GTM Objects GTM Listeners --Lab - Configuring Listeners Data Centers --Lab – Adding Data Centers GTM Backup --Lab – Backup Up GTM GTM Systems --Lab – Adding GTM Systems Adding LTM Systems --Lab - Adding LTM Systems GTM/LTM System Communications big3d Agent and iQuery --Lab - bigip_add Adding Non-F5 Servers --Lab - Adding Non-F5 Servers Link Pools --Lab - Configuring Pools Wide IP --Lab - Configuring Wide IPs Changing Objects Status --Lab - Objects Status Module 4: Load Balancing Load Balancing Overview Static Load Balancing Modes Dynamic Load Balancing Modes Configuring Load Balancing Load Balancing Labs --Lab - Dynamic Persistence --Lab - Static Persistence --Lab - Ratio Load Balancing --Lab - Global Availability Load Balancing Manual Resume --Lab – Manual Resume Module 5: LDNS Probes Metric Gathering Overview LDNS Probe Configuration LDNS Probe Lab --Lab – Configure LDNS Probes --Lab – Verify Probes Module 6: Monitors Metric Gathering Overview Monitor Types Monitor Configuration Monitor Assignment Monitor Status Reporting --Lab – Monitors Module 7: ZoneRunner BIND and ZoneRunner BIND Database File Format Configuring BIND Files with ZoneRunner ZoneRunner and Bind Labs --Lab – Primary Zone Configuration --Lab – “NS” Records Configuration --Lab – “A” Records Configuration --Lab – MX Records Configuration --Lab – CNAME Records Configuration --Lab – Secondary Zone Configuration DNS Migration Module 8: Logs and Notification System Log Configuration Log Files Remote Syslog Notification --Lab – Remote System Log Server The Alertd Process LCD Notification SNMP Notification --Lab – SNMP Trap E-Mail Notification Module 9: Advanced Topics Dynamic Ratio Limits and Thresholds Additional Pool Variables Quality of Service Load Balancing Topology Load Balancing --Lab – Topology Load Balancing GTM iRules --Lab – iRules Synchronization --Lab – Synchronization Module 10: Configuration Project Review Topics Review Questions Configuration Project Lab

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