Configuring BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) – Inhouse

Learn how to configure and manage BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) as it is commonly deployed in an application delivery network to achieve operational efficiency and maintain critical business applications. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, explore features and functionality to process and modify traffic behavior using profiles, persistence, caching, compression, and source network address translation (SNAT).

Monitor application health at layers 3, 4, and 7, and implement dynamic load balancing methods. Use traffic management shell (TMSH), the Configuration utility, and Linux commands to create traffic processing and monitoring objects, observe the resulting traffic statistics, and effectively operate the BIG-IP LTM system. Customize application delivery with iRules, establish application security, and harden system security using BIG-IP LTM functionality.

• Introducing the BIG-IP System
• Reviewing Local Traffic Configuration
• Load Balancing Traffic with LTM
• Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence
• Monitoring Application Health
• Processing Traffic with Virtual Servers
• Processing Traffic with SNATs
• Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles
• Selected Topics
• Customizing Application Delivery with iRules
• Customizing Application Delivery with Local Traffic Policies
• Securing Application Delivery with LTM
• Final Lab Project

Jeder Teilnehmer erhält die englischsprachigen Original-Unterlagen von F5 Networks in elektronischer Form.

Students are required to complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:

• Administering BIG-IP (instructor-led course)
• F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator
• The following free Self-Directed Training (SDT) courses, although optional, are helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience. These courses are available at F5 University:
• Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
• Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) web-based training
• General network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course, including OSI model encapsulation, routing and switching, Ethernet and ARP, TCP/IP concepts, IP addressing and subnetting, NAT and private IP addressing, NAT and private IP addressing, default gateway, network firewalls, and LAN vs. WAN.

The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course:

• Web application delivery
• HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SSH protocols
• TLS/SSL

F5 offers exam blueprints and exam study guides for the certification exams. The F5 Networks training courses serve to further expand and refresh knowledge in this context.

Exam 301a - BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Architect, Set-up, Deploy This is the first of two exams in the F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM certification and serves as a prerequisite to exam 301b.

F5 offers exam blueprints and exam study guides for the certification exams. The F5 Networks training courses serve to further expand and refresh knowledge in this context.

Exam 301a - BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Architect, Set-up, Deploy This is the first of two exams in the F5 Certified Technology Specialist, BIG-IP LTM certification and serves as a prerequisite to exam 301b.

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