Configuring BIG-IP LTM v11 This course gives network professionals a functional understanding of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) v11, introducing students to both commonly used and advanced LTM features. Incorporating lecture, extensive hands-on labs, and classroom discussion, the course helps students build the well-rounded skill set needed to manage BIG-IP LTM systems as part of a flexible and high performance application delivery network. Topics covered in this course include:
Set up the BIG-IP LTM System Load Balancing, including priority group activation and connection limits Persistence concepts, including universal persistence and match across services Monitors, including scripted monitors and managing multiple monitors Profiles, including compression, caching, and F5 acceleration technologies Deploying iApps Highly Availability, including Sync-Failover and Sync-Only device groups, traffic groups, and N+1 concepts Forwarding and network virtual servers, path load balancing, and auto last hop Configuring local traffic policies Implementing SNATs IPv6 and route domains Configuring iRules
By the end of this course, the student should be able to use both the graphical user interface and command line to configure and manage BIG-IP LTM systems in an application delivery network. In addition, students should be able to monitor the BIG-IP system to achieve operational efficiency, and establish and maintain high availability infrastructure for critical business applications. Course length: 3 days
Audience This course is intended for network operators, network administrators, network engineers, network architects, security administrators, and security architects responsible for installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IP LTM system.
Prerequisites Students should be familiar with the BIG-IP LTM system and, in particular, how to setup and configure a BIG-IP LTM system, including virtual servers, pools, profiles, VLANs and self-IPs. Students should understand:
TMOS administration Network concepts and configuration Web application delivery
COURSE OUTLINE Chapter 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System
Introducing the BIG-IP System Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System Backing Up and Restoring BIG-IP Configurations Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools BIG-IP System Setup Labs
Chapter 2: Review and Lab Project
BIG-IP Concepts Command Line Configuration BIG-IP Configuration Files Archive Files
Chapter 3: Load Balancing
Static vs. Dynamic Load Balancing Least Connections Fastest Weighted Least Connections Observed Predictive Dynamic Ratio Priority Group Activation Fallback Host Load Balancing: Member vs. Node
Chapter 4: Persistence
Persistence Concepts Persistence Revisited Persistence Options Other types of Persistence
Chapter 5: Monitors
Monitor Configuration and Review Monitor Assignment Monitor Status Reporting Scripted Monitors Configuring Monitors Other Monitor Options
Chapter 6: Virtual Servers
Forwarding Virtual Servers Network Virtual Servers Virtual Server Order of Precedence Path Load Balancing Auto Last Hop
Chapter 7: SNATs
SNATs Revisited SNAT Automap SNAT Pools SNATs as Listeners SNAT Specificity VIP Bounceback Additional SNAT Options Network Packet Processing
Chapter 8: Configuring High Availability
Sync-Failover Group Concepts Synchronization, State and Failover Traffic Group Concepts N+1 Concepts
Chapter 9: Configuring High Availability Part 2
Failover Triggers and Detection VLAN Failsafe Stateful Failover Connection Mirroring Persistence Mirroring Device Group Communication N+1 Availability Sync-Only Device Groups
Chapter 10: Profiles
Profiles Review Common Protocol Profile Types and Settings TCP Express Optimization Performance Improvements Configuring and Using Profiles HTTP Profile Options OneConnect™ HTTP Compression HTTP Caching Stream Profiles F5 Acceleration Technologies Analytics
Chapter 11: Selected Topics
VLAN, VLAN Tagging, and Trunking Restricting Network Access SNMP Features Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Route Domains Local Traffic Policies
Chapter 12: iApps
Simplifying Application Deployment with iApps Using iApps Templates Deploying an Application Service Reconfiguring an Application Service Leveraging the iApps Ecosystem on DevCentral
Chapter 13: iRules
iRules Concepts iRule Events iRule Commands Context String Manipulation Commands Other iRule Concerns