Training & Support

BIG-IP® v4.6

This two-day course provides networking professionals with a functional understanding of the system. The course includes installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting on both a single BIG-IP system and a redundant pair. Lectures, demonstrations, labs and discussions will be incorporated.

Course Description

Topics include explanations and configuration of:

  • Virtual Servers and Pools
  • Load Balancing
  • Rules
  • Persistence
  • Health Monitors
  • SSL Proxy/Certificate Management
  • Redundant Pairs
  • Mirroring Connection and Persistence Data
  • Detecting Network Failures

By course completion, the student should be able to perform an initial configuration using the Setup Utility and build many common configurations of BIG-IP system using the Graphical User Interface (browser based). Additionally, the student should be able to monitor, administer, and perform basic troubleshooting tasks on traffic processed through the BIG-IP system.

Audience

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

Prerequisites

Participants should understand:

  • Common Network terminology,
  • TCP/IP Addressing and Routing,
  • Internetworking concepts,
  • Common elements of WAN and LAN environments,
  • Data Center Server redundancy concepts.

In addition, participants should be proficient with:

  • Basic PC operation and application skills, including operating a CD drive, keyboard, mouse and Windows OS,
  • Basic Web Browser operation (Internet Explorer is used in class).

Please note that this course is a prerequisite for BIG-IP Advanced Topics v4.6.

Course Table of Contents