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This BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM) training course is designed for networking professionals to renew their understanding of DNS network systems and wide-area networks, to master pre-installation information gathering, and to apply this information to the process of installing a GTM System.

Utilizing both simulated installation activities and hands-on exercises, you will gain real-time experience setting up and configuring both primary and secondary GTM Systems and WAN systems, integrating multiple GTM Systems, and migrating DNS systems to a GTM.

You will also gain knowledge of the essential GTM management interfaces that assist network managers. In addition, you will cover configuring, monitoring, and testing GTM Systems and networks, as well as dynamic and static load balancing, and GTM report screens.

Note: You are required to bring your own laptop to class.

Certification:

F5 Certified Product Consultant in GTM (Exam F50-513)

What You'll Learn

• Installation and Setup
• DNS Overview
• Configuring GTM Objects
• Load Balancing for GTM
• LDNS Probes
• Monitors for GTM
• Zonerunner and BIND
• Logging and Notification
• Advanced GTM Topics such as Topology, iRules, and GTM Synchronization
• Final Configuration Project

Who Needs to Attend

Installation engineers and others responsible for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager product

Prerequisites

• Understanding of:
  • Common network terminology
  • TCP/IP addressing and routing
  • Internetworking concepts
  • Common elements of WAN and LAN environments
  • Data Center Server redundancy concepts
• Basic PC operation and application skills, including operating a CD drive, keyboard, mouse, and Windows OS
• Basic knowledge of web browser operation (Internet Explorer is used in class)
• Familiarity with pico editor or vi editor, the tcpdump program, and the nslookup and dig programs is helpful
• The F5 Big-IP Essentials and Advanced courses are required as this accelerated course is based on knowledge obtained in those courses

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Installation

2. DNS Overview

3. Configuration

4. Monitors and Probes

5. Load Balancing

6. BIND and Zonerunner

7. Logs and Notification

8. Advanced Topics

9. Configuration Project

Labs

• Changing the Intial IP Address
• Licensing the System
• Setup Utility
• Configuration Utility
• Command Line Access (SSH)
• SCCP and AOM Configuration
• Configuring Listeners
• Adding Data Centers
• Backup Up GTM
• Adding GTM Systems
• Adding LTM Systems
• Bigip_add
• Adding Non-F-5 Servers
• Configuring Pools
• Configuring Wide IPs
• Objects Status
• Dynamic Persistence
• Ratio Load Balancing
• Global Availability Load Balancing
• Manual Resume
• Configure LDNS Probes
• Verify Probes
• Monitors
• Primary Zone Configuration
• "NS" Records Configuration
• "A" Records Configuration
• MX Records Configuration
• CNAME Records Configuration
• Secondary Zone Configuration
• Delegation
• Remote System Log Server
• SNMP Trap
• Topology Load Balancing
• iRules
• Synchronization