F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
The MQC is able to describe and explain how the applications work through OSI Layer 7. The MQC is able to design, implement, maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot advanced BIG-IP LTM product features to enhance the effectiveness of an application delivery network. The MQC understands the underlying principles of BIG-IP LTM and can integrate specific BIG-IP LTM technologies with other platforms and products.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
The MQC is able to describe and explain how the applications work through OSI Layer 7. The MQC is able to design, implement, maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot advanced BIG-IP LTM product features to enhance the effectiveness of an application delivery network. The MQC understands the underlying principles of BIG-IP LTM and can integrate specific BIG-IP LTM technologies with other platforms and products.
Course Introduction
This 40hrs (Lectures + hands-on Lab) F5 training is targeted to engineers and technical personnel involved in in increasing an application’s operational efficiency and ensures peak network performance by providing a flexible, high-performance application delivery system. With its application-centric perspective, LTM optimizes your network infrastructure to deliver availability, security, and performance for critical business applications. An LTM Specialist must be proficient with all aspects Architecture, Setup and Deployment of the LTM within a network
The key to a high success rate is based on the program’s objectives as follows:
- Course contents are based on F5 course outlines.
- Dedicated Monitoring to evaluate and report candidates progress
- Extensive hands-on lab exercises
- Industry acclaimed, experienced and certified instructors
Course Highlights
- Project manager can be assigned to track candidates’ performance
- Curriculum based on course outlines defined by Cisco.
- This Instructor-led classroom course is designed with an aim to build theoretical knowledge supplemented by ample hands-on lab exercises
- Facility of Lab on cloud available (based on booking)
- Courseware includes reference material to maximize learning.
- Assignments and test to ensure concept absorption.
- Courseware includes reference material to maximize learning.
- Assignments and test to ensure concept absorption.
- Repeating of lectures allowed (based on seat availability)
Course Objectives
- Create a BIG-IP LTM configuration/design to deliver applications in a scalable, highly available, and redundant environment to meet customer specifications.
- Create application-specific monitors.
- Select and configure the most appropriate load balancing (LB) method based upon the application requirements and server capabilities.
- Determine when to use secure network address translation (SNAT) and when not to use SNAT.
· Identify and define the components of TMOS.
· Log into a device and look at logs.
· Troubleshoot basic network issues.
· Create a problem statement.
· Understand client-server networking.
· Know common HTTP error codes.
· Describe basic differences between public vs. private cloud.
- Know common application service ports.
- Enable a virtual server that has already been defined.
- Locate where iRules are facilitated within QKView.
- Use QKView troubleshooting tools
Course Topics
This course is created to understanding of underlying principles—from Secure Sockets Layer-based (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) implementation to symmetric and asymmetric acceleration—and can draw on that insight to integrate BIG-IP LTM into existing networks as well as new implementations.
Section 1: Architect an application
- Given an expected traffic volume, determine the appropriate SNAT configuration
- Given a scenario, determine the minimum profiles for an application
- Given an application configuration, determine which functions can be offloaded to the LTM device
- Given an application configuration, determine which functions can be offloaded to the LTM device
- Given an application configuration, determine the appropriate profile and persistence options
- Explain the steps necessary to configure AVR
- Given a set of reporting requirements, determine the AVR metrics and entities to collect
- Given a scenario, determine the appropriate monitor type and parameters to use
- Given a set of parameters, predict an outcome of a monitor status on other LTM device objects
- Given a set of SSL requirements, determine the appropriate profile options to create or modify in the SSL profile
- Given a set of application requirements, describe the steps necessary to configure SSL
- Given a set of application requirements, determine the appropriate virtual server type to use
- Given a set of application requirements, determine the appropriate virtual server configuration settings
- Explain the matching order of multiple virtual servers
- Given a scenario, determine the appropriate load balancing method(s)
- Explain the effect of LTM device configuration parameters on load balancing decisions
Section 2: Set-up, administer, and secure LTM devices
- Distinguish between the management interface configuration and application traffic interface configuration
- Given a network diagram, determine the appropriate network and system settings (i.e., VLANs, selfIPs, trunks, routes, NTP servers, DNS servers, SNMP receivers and syslog servers)
- Given a network diagram, determine the appropriate physical connectivity
- Explain how to configure remote authentication and multiple administration roles on the LTM device
- Given a scenario, determine an appropriate high availability configuration (i.e., failsafe, failover and timers)
- Given a scenario, describe the steps necessary to set up a device group, traffic group and HA group
- Predict the behavior of an LTM device group or traffic groups in a given failure scenario
- Determine the effect of LTM features and/or modules on LTM device performance and/or memory
- Determine the effect of traffic flow on LTM device performance and/or utilization
- Determine the effect of virtual server settings on LTM device performance and/or utilization
- Describe how to deploy vCMP guests and how the resources are distributed
- Determine the appropriate LTM device security configuration to protect against a security threat
Section 3: Deploy applications
- Describe how to deploy and modify applications using existing and/or updated iApp application templates
- Given application requirements, determine the appropriate profiles and profile settings to use
- Determine the effect of traffic flow on LTM device performance and/or utilization
Lab Topics
Not Available
Virtual Classroom
- Instructor led online training is an ideal vehicle for delivering training to individuals anywhere in the world at any time.
- This innovative approach presents live content with instructor delivering the training online.
- Candidates will be performing labs remotely on our labs on cloud in presence of an online instructor.
- Rstforum uses microsoft lync engine to deliver instructor led online training.
- Advances in computer network technology, improvements in bandwidth, interactions, chat and conferencing, and realtime audio and video offers unparalleled training opportunities.
- Instructor led online training can helps today’s busy professionals to perform their jobs and upgrade knowledge by integrating self-paced instructor led online training in their daily routines.
Miscellaneous
- Minimum batch size required for batch is 10 participants in the this course.
- The RST Forum reserves the right to cancel/postpone the class.
- Course schedule will be provided before commencement of the course.
- Certificate of participation will be awarded to participants with a minimum 90% attendance.
- All attendees are to observe the Copyright Law on intellectual properties such as software and courseware from respective vendors.
- The RST Forum reserves the right to include external participants in the program either for the entire course or individual courses.
- The RST Forum reserves the right to change/alter the sequence of courses. RST FORUM published Book would be given at 50% discounted rate to the forum students.