Course Description
This two-day course gives networking professionals an in-depth understanding of the BIG-IP® LTM v10 system. The Advanced Topics course builds on the foundation of the BIG-IP® LTM Essentials v10.x course and also covers less commonly used but more powerful ways of using the many features of the BIG-IP® LTM system. In addition, significant time is spent using the command line tools to configure the BIG-IP® LTM system. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs and discussions. Students will learn about command line functions, advanced configurations, and advanced troubleshooting.
Prerequisites
Students must have either successfully completed the BIG-IP®v10 course, or passed the BIG-IP Certification Exam. For more details on certification exams, see the F5 Certification page.
• TCP/IP Addressing and Routing including:
o The Address Resolution Protocol
o Direct and Indirect Routing
o TCP Handshakes
• Command Line Configuration including:
o Commands and Parameters
• Command Line Access (DOS or UNIX)
• Common elements of and differences between WAN and LAN components.
• Fundamental programming concepts such as variable assignments and logical operations.
In addition, it helps if students are familiar with:
• The Linux File System
• pico editor or vi editor,
• the tcpdump program, and
• shell scripting.
• TCL (Tool Control Language)
Tartget Audience
This course is intended for experienced users of the BIG-IP® system including system and network administrators responsible for its advanced functionality.
Course Topics
• Big pipe commands
• Health Monitors
• iRules
• Persistence
• SNATs
• IP Forwarding and Forwarding Virtual Servers
• Network and Transparent Virtual Servers
• Firewall Sandwiches
• Virtual Server Bounceback
Additional topics include discussions concerning why some protocols are difficult to load balance and what BIG-IP® can do to work around those issues.
By the end of this course, the student should be able to perform many advanced configurations of BIG-IP® LTM systems using either the Graphical User Interface (browser based) or command line interface. In addition, the student should be able to monitor and manage most tasks concerning traffic processed through the BIG-IP® LTM system.
