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Configuring BIG-IP LTM v11: Local Traffic Manager

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This three-day course gives network professionals a functional understanding of BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) v11, introducing students to
both commonly used and advanced LTM features. Incorporating lecture, extensive hands-on labs, and classroom discussion, the course helps students
build the well-rounded skill set needed to manage BIG-IP LTM systems as part of a flexible and high performance application delivery network.
Topics covered in this course include:

Set up the BIG-IP LTM System

Load Balancing, including priority group activation and connection limits
Persistence concepts, including universal persistence and match across services
Monitors, including scripted monitors and managing multiple monitors
Profiles, including compression, caching, and F5 acceleration technologies
Deploying iApps
Highly Availability, including Sync-Failover and Sync-Only device groups, traffic groups, and N+1 concepts
Forwarding and network virtual servers, path load balancing, and auto last hop
Configuring local traffic policies
Implementing SNATs
IPv6 and route domains
Configuring iRules

By the end of this course, the student should be able to use both the graphical user interface and command line to configure and manage BIG-IP LTM
systems in an application delivery network. In addition, students should be able to monitor the BIG-IP system to achieve operational efficiency, and
establish and maintain high availability infrastructure for critical business applications.

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

Prerequisites
Students must complete one of the following:
Administering BIG-IP V11 Instructor-led course
BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Essentials course
Achieve F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator certification
Students should understand:
TCP/IP Addressing and Routing including:
The Address Resolution Protocol
Direct and Indirect Routing
TCP Handshakes
Command Line Configuration
Common elements of and differences between WAN and LAN components
Fundamental programming concepts
In addition, students should be proficient in:
The Linux File System
pico editor or vi editor
The tcpdump program

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Chapter 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System

The BIG-IP System Review
BIG-IP System Setup Review
Creating an Archive of the BIG-IP System
BIG-IP System Setup Labs
Lab - Configure the Management Port
Lab - Activate the BIG-IP System
Lab - Classroom Network Configuration
Lab - Test Access and Archive the Configuration
Chapter 2: Review and Lab Project
BIG-IP Concepts
Command Line Configuration
BIG-IP Configuration Files
Archive Files
Lab - Configuration Lab Project
Lab - tmsh Configuration Labs
Lab - tmsh Monitor Lab (Optional)
Lab - tmsh SNAT Lab (Optional)
Short Answer Review Questions
Chapter 3: Load Balancing
Load Balancing Modes
Lab - Priority Group Activation
Lab - Network Map and Load Balancing
Lab - Ratio Node Load Balancing
Lab - Member Threshold (Optional)
Chapter 4: Persistence
Persistence Concepts
Persistence Revisited
Persistence Options
Other Types of Persistence
Lab - Universal Persistence
Lab - Match Across Services
Chapter 5: Monitors
Monitor Configuration and Review
Monitor Assignment
Monitor Status Reporting
Scripted Monitors
Configuring Monitors
Other Monitor Options
Lab - Monitors
Chapter 6: Virtual Servers
Virtual Servers Concepts
Lab - Forwarding Virtual Servers
Path Load Balancing
Auto Last Hop
Chapter 7: SNATs
SNATs Revisited
SNAT Auto Map
SNAT Pools
SNATs as Listeners
SNAT Configuration
SNAT Specificity
Lab - More and Less Specific
Lab - SNATs as Listener
VIP Bounceback
Lab - VIP Bounceback
Additional SNAT Options
Network Packet Processing
Chapter 8: High Availability
Sync-Failover Group Concepts
Synchronization, State and Failover
Traffic Group Concepts
Lab - Sync-Failover Setup
N+1 Concepts
Lab - Traffic Group
Chapter 9: High Availability Part 2
Upgrading the BIG-IP System
Failover Triggers and Detection
Lab - VLAN Failsafe
Stateful Failover
Lab - Connection Mirroring
Lab - Persistence Mirroring
Device Group Communication
Lab - N+1 Availability
Sync-Only Device Groups

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Lab - Sync-Only Group

Chapter 10: Profiles
Profiles Review
Common Protocol Profile Types and Settings
Configuring and Using Profiles
TCP Express Optimization
Performance Improvements
HTTP Profile Options
OneConnect
HTTP Compression
HTTP Caching
F5 Acceleration Technologies
Analytics
Lab - Compression
Lab - Web Acceleration and Stream Profile
Chapter 11: Selected Topics
Review Administration Topics
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Lab - IPv6
Route Domains
Lab - Route Domain
Local Traffic Policies
Lab - Redirect HTTP Requests to IP Address Identifier Page
Lab - Redirect HTTP Requests to HTTPS (Optional)..
Chapter 12: iApps
iApps
Application Services
Templates
Lab - Import Template and Deploy App Services
Lab - Deploying an App Service for a Web App
Lab - Deploying a Second Application Service
Lab - Copy and Export an iApps Template
Lab - Customize Template (Optional)
Lab - Deploy F5 HTTP Template (Optional)
Chapter 13: iRules
iRules Concepts
iRules Events
Configuring iRules
iRules Revisited
iRules Events
iRules Commands
Context
Other iRules Concerns
Chapter 14: Final Lab Project
Next Steps
Lab Project Options
Lab - Scenario: Customer Requirements Configuration
Lab - iRules Labs 1-6
Appendix A: Installation
Appendix B: BIG-IP Release Notes
Appendix C: Additional Labs
Appendix D: Optional Labs
SKU: F5-TRG-BIG-LTM-CFG-3
Price: $2,995 (USD)
Prerequisite Courses:
Administering BIG-IP V11
BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Essentials V10
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