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Configuring BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) - V11

This four-day course gives networking professionals 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. The course covers installation, configuration, and management of BIG-IP LTM systems. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs, and discussions.

Course Pricing

F5-TRG-BIG-LTM-CFG
$3,995

Course Description

Topics covered in this course include:

  • Installation and Licensing
  • Virtual Servers and Pools and Load Balancing
  • Profiles
  • iRules
  • Persistence
  • Health Monitors
  • SSL Termination and Certificate Management
  • NATs and SNATs
  • Highly Available Redundant System configurations
  • tmsh (TM Shell) command line, SNMP and Logging
  • BIG-IP Admin topics such as Clustered Multi-Processing (CMP), VLAN Management, and Administrative Domains
  • A new v11 feature called iApps

By the end of this course, the student should be able to setup an initial configuration and build many common and advanced configurations of BIG-IP LTM systems using either the Graphical User Interface or Command Line utilities. In addition, the student should be able to monitor and manage common tasks concerning traffic processed by a BIG-IP LTM system.

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 should understand:

  • TCP/IP Addressing and Routing including:
    • The Address Resolution Protocol
    • Direct and Indirect Routing
    • TCP Handshakes
  • Command Line Configuration including:
    • Commands and Parameters
  • Command Line Access (DOS or UNIX)
  • 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, and
  • shell scripting.
  • TCL (Tool Control Language)

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