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Introduction:

This two-day course gives networking professionals an in-depth understanding of the BIG-IP LTM system. The Advanced Topics course builds on the foundation of the BIG-IP LTM Essentials course and also covers less commonly used but more powerful ways of using the many features of the BIG-IP LTM system. In addition, significant time is spent using the command line tools to configure the BIG-IP LTM system. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs and discussions. Students will learn about command line functions, advanced configurations, and advanced troubleshooting. Note: This course is intended for experienced users of the BIG-IP family of products and participants should have passed the BIG-IP LTM Essentials certification test or successfully completed the BIG-IP LTM Essentials course. This course is also a mandatory prerequisite for taking the Architecting BIG-IP in an Application Delivery Network course.

Audience:

This course is intended for experienced users of the BIG-IP LTM system including system and etwork administrators responsible for its advanced functionality.

Prerequisites:

Students must have either successfully completed the BIG-IP LTM Essentials course, or passed the BIG-IP LTM Certification Exam (521). Students should understand: TCP/IP Addressing and Routing including: ---The Address Resolution Protocol ---Direct and Indirect Routing ---TCP Handshakes Command Line Configuration including: ---Commands and Parameters Command Line Access (DOS or UNIX) Common elements of and differences between WAN and LAN components Fundamental programming concepts such as variable assignments and logical operations The Linux File System Pico editor or VI editor, The tcpdump program, and Shell scripting TCL (Tool Control Language)

Customize it:

This 2-3-day BIG-IP LTM 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:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to perform many advanced configurations of BIG-IP LTM systems using either the Graphical User Interface (browser based) or command line interface. In addition, the student should be able to monitor and manage most tasks concerning traffic processed through the BIG-IP LTM system

Course Outline and Labs Taught

Module 1: Installation & Access Course Overview Installation Methods --Lab – Initial Configuration Module 2: Command Line Configuration Command Line using tmsh --Labs – tmsh Configuration BIG-IP Configuration Files Command Line using bigpipe (v9) Single Config Fil --Labs – Editing config files Optional Labs – bigpipe, SNAT, Monitor and SSL Termination Module 3: BIG-IP Administration Clustered Multi Processing (CMP) Connection Management VLAN and Network Options Restricting Access --Lab – Packet Filters Command line tools Logging and Notification --Lab – Remote Syslog Server --Lab – SNMP Trap Administrative Domains --Lab – Admins Domains and Partitions Module 4: Monitors part 2 Monitors Re-visited Configuring Monitors Passive or Inband Monitors Manual Resume --Lab – Monitors part 2 Module 5: iRules part 2 iRules Re-visited iRule Events Query Commands Commands That Return a String Other iRule Concerns --Labs – iRules Labs 1 to 5 Module 6 Virtual Servers part 2 Additional Virtual Servers Concepts Auto Last Hop --Lab – Forwarding Virtual Server Module 7 SNATs part 2 SNATs Re-visited SNAT Automap SNAT Pools SNAT as Listeners SNAT Configuration --Labs – SNAT Pools and Automap VIP Bounceback --Lab – VIP Bounceback Additional SNAT Options Network Packet Processing Module 8: Persistence part 2 Persistence Re-visited Persistence Options Other types of Persistence --Lab – Universal Persistence Module 9: Profiles part 2 BIG-IP’s Full Proxy Architecture Performance Improvements with F5’s TCP/IP Stack HTTP Profiles OneConnect HTTP Compression Lab – HTTP Compression HTTP Caching Streaming profile (v9.4) Authentication profiles F5 Acceleration Technologies Optional Labs – Caching & Authentication Module 10: Final Lab Project Path Load Balancing Review and Final Project --Lab – Final Project

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