WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS COURSE

The F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Self-Paced Video Course gives network professionals a functional understanding of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and makes them proficient in performing advanced BIG-IP LTM Administration and Configuration tasks. 

This 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.

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

COURSE DURATION

This course consists of 54 sections, hands-on demonstration, assessments, and video lectures. This self-study is a 14 Hours video lecture course on F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM).

WHO SHOULD ENROL?

• Network Engineers
• network administrators
• Administrations responsible for F5 Products and Systems
• IT Managers
• Sr. Network Engineers
• Network Architects
• Network Consultants

OBJECTIVES

• Back up the BIG-IP system configuration for safekeeping
• Configure virtual servers, pools, monitors, profiles, and persistence objects
• Test and verify application delivery through the BIG-IP system using local traffic statistics
• Configure priority group activation on a load balancing pool to allow servers to be activated only as needed to process traffic
• Compare and contrast member-based and node-based dynamic load balancing methods
• Configure connection limits to place a threshold on traffic volume to particular pool members and nodes
• Differentiate between cookie, SSL, SIP, universal, and destination address affinity persistence, and describe use cases for each
• Describe the three Match Across Services persistence options and use cases for each
• Configure health monitors to appropriately monitor application delivery through a BIG-IP system
• Configure different types of virtual services to support different types of traffic processing through a BIG-IP system
• Configure different types of SNATs to support routing of traffic through a BIG-IP system
• Configure VLAN tagging and trunking
• Restrict administrative and application traffic through the BIG-IP system using packet filters, port lockdown, and virtual server settings
• Configure SNMP alerts and traps in support of remote monitoring of the BIG-IP system
• Use iRules and local traffic policies appropriately to customize application delivery through the BIG-IP system
• Configure the BIG-IP to detect and mitigate some common attacks at the network and application layers using LTM features such as SYN check, eviction policies, iRules and Local Traffic Policies

PREREQUISITES

The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before taking this F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Self-Paced Video Training.

• 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
• HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and SSH protocols
• TLS/SSL

OUTLINE

• 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)
• Customizing application delivery with iRules and local traffic policies
• Securing application delivery using BIG-IP LTM