F5 Administering BIG-IP v11x
COURSE OUTLINE:
In this course, you will gain a functional understanding of the BIG-IP v11x system as it is commonly deployed in an application delivery network. You will be introduced 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.
Audience
Network administrators, operators, and engineers responsible for managing the normal day-to-day operation of a BIG-IP application delivery network
Prerequisites
An understanding of 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
Learning Objectives
- Start/restart, license, and provision the BIG-IP system
- Use the configuration utility and TMOS Shell (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
- Perform basic troubleshooting and problem determination activities including using the iHealth diagnostic tool, researching known issues and solutions on AskF5, submitting a problem ticket to F5 Technical Support, and viewing traffic flow using tcpdump
- Manage user roles and partitions
- Operate two or more BIG-IPs as part of an N+1 high-availability configuration
- Use an iApp to deploy an application service
- Enterprise Manager in BIG-IP system administration and operation
- How traffic flows through LTM, GTM, ASM, and APM
- How iRules affect traffic behavior