F5 Training F5 Course

Introduction

The Knowledge Academy's three-day course gives networking professional a functional understanding of the BIG-IP LTM v11 system as it is commonly used, as well as an in-depth understanding of advanced features. The course covers installation, configuration and management of BIG-IP LTM systems. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs, and discussions.

Prerequisites

Delegates should understand the following:

• TCP/IP Addressing and Routing
• Command Line Configuration
• Command Line Access (DOS or UNIX)
• Common elements of and differences between WAN and LAN components.
• Fundamental programming concepts

In addition, delegates should be proficient in:

• The Linux File System
• pico editor or vi editor,
• the tcpdump program, and
• shell scripting.
• TCL (Tool Control Language)

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IP LTM system.

What will I learn?

Delegates who successfully complete this course will learn about:

• Installation and licensing
• Virtual Servers and Pools and Load Balancing
• Profile
• iRules
• Persistence
• Health Monitors
• SSL Termination and certificate Management
• NATs and SNATs
• Highly Available Redundant System configurations
• Tmsh (TM Shell) command line, SNMP and Logging
• BIG-IP Admin topics such as Clustered Multi-Processing (CMP), VLAN Management and Administrative Domains
• A new v11 feature called iApps

Course Outline

• Product Overviews and Hardware
• Installation and Initial Access
• Load Balancing
• Monitors
• Profiles
• Persistence
• Processing SSl Traffic
• Lab Project #1
• NATs and SNATs
• iRules
• High Availability
• High Availability Part 2
• Tmsh Command Line Configuration
• BIG-IP Administration
• Maintaining BIG-IP
• Profiles Part 2
• iApps
• Virtual Servers Part 2
• SNATs Part 2
• Monitors Part 2
• Persistence Part 2
• iRules Part 2
• Lab Project 2