Course Details
This two-day course gives network administrators, network operators, and network engineers a functional understanding of the BIG-IP v11 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.
Course Prerequisites
Students should understand:
- 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
In addition, students should be proficient in:
- Basic PC operation and application skills, including Linux and Windows OS
- Basic Web browser operation (Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are used in class)
Course Goals
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
- Set up, Start/restart, license, and provision the BIG-IP systemout-of-the-box
- Use the Configuration utility and TMOS Shell (tmsh) to configure and 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
- Describe the role of profiles in modifying traffic behavior including SSL offload and persistence;
- Perform basic troubleshooting and problem determination activities including using informational and diagnostic tools such as logs, SNMP traps/alerts, statistics, and iHealth, researching known issues and solutions on AskF5, submitting a problem ticket to F5 Technical Support, and viewing traffic flow using tcpdump;
- Understand and manage disk space, software versions, boot locations, and user roles;
- Provide administrative multi-tenancy on a single BIG-IP system through use of partitions
- Use an iApp to deploy an application service;
- Describe the role of Enterprise Manager and BIG-IQ in BIG-IP system administration and operation
- Describe the role of iRules in customizing traffic behavior
Course Agenda
Topics covered in this course include:
- Setting Up the BIG-IP System
- Traffic Processing with Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
- Using NATs and SNATs
- Using the Traffic Management Shell (TMSH)
- Monitoring Application Health
- Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles
- Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence
- Deploying Application Services with iApps
- Troubleshooting the BIG-IP System
- Administering the BIG-IP System
- Customizing Application Delivery with iRules