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This course gives network professionals a functional understanding of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), 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.
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Course Contents
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- BIG-IP initial setup (licensing, provisioning, and network configuration)
- A review of BIG-IP local traffic configuration objects
- Using dynamic load balancing methods
- Modifying traffic behavior with persistence (including SSL, SIP, universal, and destination address affinity persistence)
- Monitoring application health with Layer 3, Layer 4, and Layer 7 monitors (including transparent, scripted, and external monitors)
- Processing traffic with virtual servers (including network, forwarding, and reject virtual servers)
- Processing traffic with SNATs (including SNAT pools and SNATs as listeners)
- Modifying traffic behavior with profiles (including TCP profiles, advanced HTTP profile options, caching, compression, and OneConnect profiles)
- Advanced BIG-IP LTM configuration options (including VLAN tagging and trunking, SNMP features, packet filters, and route domains)
- Deploying application services with iApps
- Customizing application delivery with iRules and local traffic policies
- Securing application delivery using BIG-IP LTM
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Target Group
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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.
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Knowledge Prerequisites
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Students are required to complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
- Administering BIG-IP (instructor-led course)
- F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator
- The following free web-based courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience. These courses are available at F5 University:
- Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
- Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) web-based training
The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course: - OSI model encapsulation
- Routing and switching
- Ethernet and ARP
- TCP/IP concepts
- IP addressing and subnetting
- NAT and private IP addressing
- Default gateway
- Network firewalls
- LAN vs. WAN
The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course: - Web application delivery
- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and SSH protocols
- TLS/SSL
| Chapter 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System |
| •Introducing the BIG-IP System |
| •Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System |
| •Archiving the BIG-IP Configuration |
| •Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools |
| Chapter 2: Reviewing Local Traffic Configuration |
| •Reviewing Nodes, Pools, and Virtual Servers |
| •Reviewing Address Translation |
| •Reviewing Routing Assumptions |
| •Reviewing Application Health Monitoring |
| •Reviewing Traffic Behavior Modification with Profiles |
| •Reviewing the TMOS Shell (TMSH) |
| •Reviewing Managing BIG-IP Configuration Data |
| Chapter 3: Load Balancing Traffic with LTM |
| •Exploring Load Balancing Options |
| •Using Priority Group Activation and Fallback Host |
| •Comparing Member and Node Load Balancing |
| Chapter 4: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence |
| •Reviewing Persistence |
| •Introducing Cookie Persistence |
| •Introducing SSL Persistence |
| •Introducing SIP Persistence |
| •Introducing Universal Persistence |
| •Introducing Destination Address Affinity Persistence |
| •Using Match Across Options for Persistence |
| Chapter 5: Monitoring Application Health |
| •Differentiating Monitor Types |
| •Customizing the HTTP Monitor |
| •Monitoring an Alias Address and Port |
| •Monitoring a Path vs. Monitoring a Device |
| •Managing Multiple Monitors |
| •Using Application Check Monitors |
| •Using Manual Resume and Advanced Monitor Timer Settings |
| Chapter 6: Processing Traffic with Virtual Servers |
| •Understanding the Need for Other Virtual Server Types |
| •Forwarding Traffic with a Virtual Server |
| •Understanding Virtual Server Order of Precedence |
| •Path Load Balancing |
| Chapter 7: Processing Traffic with SNATs |
| •Overview of SNATs |
| •Using SNAT Pools |
| •SNATs as Listeners |
| •SNAT Specificity |
| •VIP Bounceback |
| •Additional SNAT Options |
| •Network Packet Processing Review |
| Chapter 8: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles |
| •Profiles Overview |
| •TCP Express Optimization |
| •TCP Profiles Overview |
| •HTTP Profile Options |
| •OneConnect |
| •Offloading HTTP Compression to BIG-IP |
| •HTTP Caching |
| •Stream Profiles |
| •F5 Acceleration Technologies |
| Chapter 9: Selected Topics |
| •VLAN, VLAN Tagging, and Trunking |
| •Restricting Network Access |
| •SNMP Features |
| •Segmenting Network Traffic with Route Domains |
| Chapter 10: Deploying Application Services with iApps |
| •Simplifying Application Deployment with iApps |
| •Using iApps Templates |
| •Deploying an Application Service |
| •Leveraging the iApps Ecosystem on DevCentral |
| Chapter 11: Customizing Application Delivery with iRules and Local Traffic Policies |
| •Getting Started with iRules |
| •Triggering an iRule |
| •Introducing iRule Constructs |
| •Leveraging the DevCentral Ecosystem |
| •Deploying and Testing iRules |
| •Getting Started with Local Traffic Policies |
| •What Can You Do with a Local Traffic Policy? |
| •How Does a Local Traffic Policy Work? |
| •Understanding Local Traffic Policy Workflow |
| •Introducing the Elements of a Local Traffic Policy |
| •Specifying the Matching Strategy |
| •What Are Rules? |
| •Understanding Requires and Controls |
| •Configuring and Managing Policy Rules |
| •Configuring a New Rule |
| •Including Tcl in Certain Rule Settings |
| Chapter 12: Securing Application Delivery with LTM |
| •Understanding Today’s Threat Landscape |
| •Integrating LTM Into Your Security Strategy |
| •Defending Your Environment Against SYN Flood Attacks |
| •Defending Your Environment Against Other Volumetric Attacks |
| •Addressing Application Vulnerabilities with iRules and Local Traffic Policies |
| Chapter 13: Final Lab Project |
| •About the Final Lab Project |
| •Possible Solution to Lab 13.1 |
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Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
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Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
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Tailor-made courses
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You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.-
This course gives network professionals a functional understanding of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), 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.
-
Course Contents
-
- BIG-IP initial setup (licensing, provisioning, and network configuration)
- A review of BIG-IP local traffic configuration objects
- Using dynamic load balancing methods
- Modifying traffic behavior with persistence (including SSL, SIP, universal, and destination address affinity persistence)
- Monitoring application health with Layer 3, Layer 4, and Layer 7 monitors (including transparent, scripted, and external monitors)
- Processing traffic with virtual servers (including network, forwarding, and reject virtual servers)
- Processing traffic with SNATs (including SNAT pools and SNATs as listeners)
- Modifying traffic behavior with profiles (including TCP profiles, advanced HTTP profile options, caching, compression, and OneConnect profiles)
- Advanced BIG-IP LTM configuration options (including VLAN tagging and trunking, SNMP features, packet filters, and route domains)
- Deploying application services with iApps
- Customizing application delivery with iRules and local traffic policies
- Securing application delivery using BIG-IP LTM
-
Target Group
-
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.
-
Knowledge Prerequisites
-
Students are required to complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
- Administering BIG-IP (instructor-led course)
- F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator
- The following free web-based courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience. These courses are available at F5 University:
- Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
- Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) web-based training
The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course: - OSI model encapsulation
- Routing and switching
- Ethernet and ARP
- TCP/IP concepts
- IP addressing and subnetting
- NAT and private IP addressing
- Default gateway
- Network firewalls
- LAN vs. WAN
The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course: - Web application delivery
- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and SSH protocols
- TLS/SSL
| Chapter 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System |
| •Introducing the BIG-IP System |
| •Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System |
| •Archiving the BIG-IP Configuration |
| •Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools |
| Chapter 2: Reviewing Local Traffic Configuration |
| •Reviewing Nodes, Pools, and Virtual Servers |
| •Reviewing Address Translation |
| •Reviewing Routing Assumptions |
| •Reviewing Application Health Monitoring |
| •Reviewing Traffic Behavior Modification with Profiles |
| •Reviewing the TMOS Shell (TMSH) |
| •Reviewing Managing BIG-IP Configuration Data |
| Chapter 3: Load Balancing Traffic with LTM |
| •Exploring Load Balancing Options |
| •Using Priority Group Activation and Fallback Host |
| •Comparing Member and Node Load Balancing |
| Chapter 4: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence |
| •Reviewing Persistence |
| •Introducing Cookie Persistence |
| •Introducing SSL Persistence |
| •Introducing SIP Persistence |
| •Introducing Universal Persistence |
| •Introducing Destination Address Affinity Persistence |
| •Using Match Across Options for Persistence |
| Chapter 5: Monitoring Application Health |
| •Differentiating Monitor Types |
| •Customizing the HTTP Monitor |
| •Monitoring an Alias Address and Port |
| •Monitoring a Path vs. Monitoring a Device |
| •Managing Multiple Monitors |
| •Using Application Check Monitors |
| •Using Manual Resume and Advanced Monitor Timer Settings |
| Chapter 6: Processing Traffic with Virtual Servers |
| •Understanding the Need for Other Virtual Server Types |
| •Forwarding Traffic with a Virtual Server |
| •Understanding Virtual Server Order of Precedence |
| •Path Load Balancing |
| Chapter 7: Processing Traffic with SNATs |
| •Overview of SNATs |
| •Using SNAT Pools |
| •SNATs as Listeners |
| •SNAT Specificity |
| •VIP Bounceback |
| •Additional SNAT Options |
| •Network Packet Processing Review |
| Chapter 8: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles |
| •Profiles Overview |
| •TCP Express Optimization |
| •TCP Profiles Overview |
| •HTTP Profile Options |
| •OneConnect |
| •Offloading HTTP Compression to BIG-IP |
| •HTTP Caching |
| •Stream Profiles |
| •F5 Acceleration Technologies |
| Chapter 9: Selected Topics |
| •VLAN, VLAN Tagging, and Trunking |
| •Restricting Network Access |
| •SNMP Features |
| •Segmenting Network Traffic with Route Domains |
| Chapter 10: Deploying Application Services with iApps |
| •Simplifying Application Deployment with iApps |
| •Using iApps Templates |
| •Deploying an Application Service |
| •Leveraging the iApps Ecosystem on DevCentral |
| Chapter 11: Customizing Application Delivery with iRules and Local Traffic Policies |
| •Getting Started with iRules |
| •Triggering an iRule |
| •Introducing iRule Constructs |
| •Leveraging the DevCentral Ecosystem |
| •Deploying and Testing iRules |
| •Getting Started with Local Traffic Policies |
| •What Can You Do with a Local Traffic Policy? |
| •How Does a Local Traffic Policy Work? |
| •Understanding Local Traffic Policy Workflow |
| •Introducing the Elements of a Local Traffic Policy |
| •Specifying the Matching Strategy |
| •What Are Rules? |
| •Understanding Requires and Controls |
| •Configuring and Managing Policy Rules |
| •Configuring a New Rule |
| •Including Tcl in Certain Rule Settings |
| Chapter 12: Securing Application Delivery with LTM |
| •Understanding Today’s Threat Landscape |
| •Integrating LTM Into Your Security Strategy |
| •Defending Your Environment Against SYN Flood Attacks |
| •Defending Your Environment Against Other Volumetric Attacks |
| •Addressing Application Vulnerabilities with iRules and Local Traffic Policies |
| Chapter 13: Final Lab Project |
| •About the Final Lab Project |
| •Possible Solution to Lab 13.1 |
-
Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
-
Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
-
Tailor-made courses
-
You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.
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