In this course, you will gain a functional understanding of the BIG-IP LTM v11 system as it is commonly used, as well as an in-depth understanding of advanced features. Through hands-on labs you will cover installation, configuration, and management of BIG-IP LTM systems.

Certification:

This course helps to prepare you for LTM Essentials and Advanced exams.

What You'll Learn

• New features in BIG-IP LTM v11
• Install, configure, monitor, and administer a BIG-IP LTM v11 system

Who Needs to Attend

System and network administrators responsible for installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IP LTM system

Prerequisites

• TCP/IP addressing and routing
  • Address Resolution Protocol
  • Direct and indirect routing
  • TCP handshakes
• Command line configuration
  • Commands and parameters
• Command line access (DOS or UNIX)
• Common elements of WAN and LAN components and their differences
• Fundamental programming concepts
• Linux File System
• Pico editor or vi editor
• Tcpdump program
• Shell scripting
• TCL (Tool Command Language)

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Installation and Initial Access

2. Load Balancing

3. Monitors 1 and 2

4. Profiles 1 and 2

5. Persistence 1 and 2

6. Processing SSL Traffic

7. Lab Projects 1 and 2

8. NATs and SNATs 1 and 2

9. iRules 1 and 2

10. High Availability 1 and 2

11. tmsh Command Line Configuration

12. BIG-IP Administration 1 and 2

13. Virtual Servers

14. iApps

Labs

Lab 1: Changing Initial IP Address

• License the System and Provisioning
• Setup Utility
• Configuration and Backup
• SCCP/AOM IP Address Configuration
• AskF5 Resource
• Virtual Servers and Pools

Lab 2: Load Balancing

Lab 3: Monitors for Nodes

• Monitors for Pools and Members

Lab 4: Source Address Persistence

• Cookie Persistence
• Disabled Members
• Client SSL
• Client and Server SSL

Lab 5: Configuration Project

Lab 6: Configure NAT

• SNAT Labs 1 and 2

Lab 7: iRules Labs 1 and 2

• Sync-Failover Device Group
• VLAN Failsafe
• Connection and Persistence Mirroring
• Traffic Groups

Lab 8: n+1 High Availability

Lab 9: tmsh Configuration

• Config Files
• SNATs and Monitors
• Remote Syslog
• SNMP Trap
• AskF5 Resource
• iHealth and qkview
• Packet Filters
• Command Line Tools
• Admin Partitions and Users
• Sync-Only Group
• HTTP Compression
• Caching, Streaming, and Authentication
• Deploying and Modifying an Application Service
• Analytics
• Forward Virtual Servers
• VIP Bounceback
• Monitors
• Universal Persistence
• iRules Labs 1 - 6
• Path Load Balancing Project