Administering BIG-IP

Hakkında

“F5 Administering BIG-IP” training gives network administrators, network operators, and network engineers a functional understanding of the BIG-IP system as it is commonly deployed in an application delivery network. The course introduces students to the BIGIP system, its configuration objects, how it processes traffic, and how typical administrative and operational activities are performed. The course includes lecture, hands-on labs, interactive demonstrations, and discussions

 Kurs Süresi

• Instructor-led training: 2 days with hands-on lab practice
• Virtual instructor-led training: 2 days of web-based classes with hands-on lab practice

 Önkoşullar

• There are no required F5 prerequisites for this course, but completing one of the following before attending would be very helpful for students unfamiliar with BIG-IP:
• TCP/IP Addressing and Routing including:
• The Address Resolution Protocol
• Direct and Indirect Routing
• TCP Handshakes
• Common elements of and differences between WAN and LAN components

Kurs İçeriği

This course gives network administrators, network operators, and network engineers a functional understanding of the BIG-IP system as it is commonly deployed in an application delivery network. The course introduces students to the BIG-IP system, its configuration objects, how it processes traffic, and how typical administrative and operational activities are performed. The course includes lecture, hands-on labs, interactive demonstrations, and discussions. 

Topics covered in this course include:

• Getting started with the BIG-IP system
• Traffic processing with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
• Using NATs and SNATs
• Using the Traffic Management Shell (tmsh)
• Monitoring application health and managing object status
• Modifying traffic behavior with profiles, including SSL offload (client SSL termination)
• Modifying traffic behavior with persistence, including source address affinity and cookie persistence
• Troubleshooting the BIG-IP system, including logging (local, high-speed, and legacy remote logging), monitoring the BIG-IP system remotely with SNMP, and using tcpdump
• Always-On Management (AOM)
• License, disk, boot location, and software management
• User roles and administrative partitions
• CMP and vCMP concepts
• Customizing application delivery with iRules 

Kurs Hedefleri 

• Describe the role of the BIG-IP system as a full proxy device in an application delivery network

 • Set up, start/restart/stop, license, and provision the BIG-IP system out-of-the-box

 • Create a basic network configuration on the BIG-IP system including VLANs and self IPs

 • Use the Configuration utility and TMSH to manage BIG-IP resources such as virtual servers, pools, pool members, nodes, profiles, and monitors

 • Create, restore from, and manage BIG-IP archives 

• View resource status, availability, and statistical information and use this information to determine how the BIG-IP system is currently processing traffic

 • Use profiles to manipulate the way the BIG-IP system processes traffic through a virtual server 

• Perform basic troubleshooting and problem determination activities including using the iHealth diagnostic tool 

• Support, and view traffic flow using TCPDUMP

 •Understand and manage user roles and partitions

 • Configure and manage a sync-failover device group with more than two members

Ders İçeriği

Administering BIG-IP v11: Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System
• Introducing the BIG-IP System
• Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System
• Configuring the Management Interface
• Activating the Software License
• Provisioning Modules and Resources
• Importing a Device Certificate
• Specifying BIG-IP Platform Properties
• Configuring the Network
• Creating an Archive of the BIG-IP System
• F5 Support Resources and Tools
• Chapter Resources
• BIG-IP System Setup Labs
• Lab 1.1 Configure the Management Port
• Option A: Configure the management port via the management port
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• Option B: Configure the management port via a serial console
• Option C: Configure the management port via the LCD panel
• Lab 1.2 Activate the BIG-IP System
• Option A: Activate a licensed BIG-IP system
• Option B: Activate an unlicensed BIG-IP system
• Lab 1.3 Classroom Network Configuration
• Lab 1.4 Test Accessand Archive the Configuration
• Lab 1.5 AskF5 ResearchLab (Optional)
• Chapter 2: Traffic Processing with LTM
• Overview of LTM Traffic Processing
• Configuring Virtual Servers and Pools
• Load Balancing Concepts
• Traffic Statistics and Logs
• Chapter Resources
• Traffic Processing Labs
• Lab 2.1 – Virtual Servers and Pools Lab
• Lab 2.2 – Packet Discards Lab (Optional)
• Chapter 3: Using NATs and SNATs. 3-1
• NAT Concepts
• SNAT Concepts
• SNAT Auto Map
• SNAT Pools
• Chapter Resources
• Address Translation Labs
• Lab 3.1 - NAT Lab
• Lab 3.2 – SNAT Lab
• Chapter 4: Using the Traffic Management Shell (tmsh)
• Traffic Management Shell (tmsh)
• Accessing the Traffic Management Shell(tmsh)
• Understanding and Navigating the tmsh Hierarchical Structure
• Command Completion Feature
• tmsh Help Functions
• tmsh Command History Feature
• tmsh on DevCentral
• BIG-IP Configuration State and Files
• BIG-IP Configuration Files
• Loading and Saving the System Configuration
• Shutting Down and Restarting the BIG-IP System
• Saving and Replicating Configuration Data (UCS and SCF)
• Chapter Resources
• Lab 4.1 – tmsh Configuration Labs
• Chapter 5: Monitoring
• Monitor Concepts
• Configuring Monitors
• Assigning Monitors to Resources
• Managing Pool, Pool Member, and Node Status
• Using the Network Map
• Chapter Resources
• Lab 5.1 – Configure Monitors Lab
• Chapter 6: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles
• Introducing Profiles
• Introducing SSL Termination
• Understanding Profile Types and Dependencies
• Configuring and Assigning Profiles
• Chapter Resources
• Lab 6.1 – Client SSL Profile Lab
• Chapter 7: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence
• Understanding Persistence
• Introducing Source Address Affinity Persistence
• Introducing Cookie Persistence
• Lab 7.1 – Source Address Affinity Persistence
• Lab 7.2 – Cookie Persistence
• Managing Object State
• Lab 7.3 – Managing Object State Lab
• Chapter 8: Deploying Application Services with iApps
• Introducing iApps
• Using iApps Templates
• Deploying an Application Service
• Leveraging the iApps Ecosystem on DevCentral
• Lab 8.1 – Deploy a Simple Website Application
• Lab 8.2 – Deploy a Custom Application Service
• Chapter 9: Troubleshooting the BIG-IP System
• Configuring Logging
• Monitoring the BIG-IP System Remotely with SNMP
• Using tcpdump on the BIG-IP System
• Lab 9.1 – Remote Syslog Lab
• Lab 9.2 – SNMP Trap Lab
• Lab 9.3 – High-Speed Logging Lab
• Leveraging the BIG-IP iHealth System
• Analyzing Application Performance with Analytics
• Working with F5 Technical Support
• Chapter Resources
• Lab 9.4 – Troubleshooting Lab
• Lab 9.5 – iHealth Lab (Optional)
• Chapter 10: The BIG-IP Product Suite
• BIG-IP Product Family Overview
• DNS and GTM System Options
• ASM as a Web Application Firewall
• APM and Secure Access
• BIG-IP Product Traffic Processing
• Introduction to Enterprise Manager
• Chapter 11: Administering the BIG-IP System
• High Availability Concepts
• Always On Management (AOM)
• Expanding Network Configuration Options (Interfaces, Trunks, VLANs, Self IPs)
• Restricting Traffic on the BIG-IP System
• Lab 11.1 – Packet Filters Lab
• Lab 11.2 – AOM IP Address Lab (BIG-IP Hardware Only)
• License Dates and Upgrade Considerations
• BIG-IP Disk and Software Management
• User Roles and Administrative Partitions
• CMP and vCMP
• Chapter Resources
• Lab 11.3 – Admin Partitions and Users Lab
• Chapter 12: Customizing Application Delivery with iRules
• iRules Concepts
• iRules Events
• iRules Resources
• Lab 12.1 – iRules Lab

Kimler Katılmalı 

This course is intended for network administrators, operators, and engineers responsible for managing the normal day-to-day operation and administration of a BIG-IP application delivery network.

Sınavlar

101- Application Delivery Fundamentals Exam

201-TMOS Administration exam