Training & Support

BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) - Essentials v9.x

This two-day course gives networking professionals a functional understanding of the BIG-IP LTM v9 system as it is commonly used. The course covers installation, configuration, and management of both BIG-IP LTM systems and redundant pairs. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs, and discussions.

Course Description

Topics covered in this course include:

  • Installation and Licensing
  • Virtual Servers and Pools
  • Load Balancing
  • Profiles
  • iRules
  • Persistence
  • Health Monitors
  • SSL Termination/Certificate Management
  • Redundant Pairs
  • Mirroring Connection and Persistence Data
  • Detecting Network Failures

By the end of this course, the student should be able to perform an initial configuration using the Setup Utility and build many common configurations of BIG-IP LTM system using the Graphical User Interface (browser-based). In addition, the student should be able to monitor and manage common tasks concerning traffic processed through the 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:

  • Common network terminology
  • TCP/IP addressing and routing
  • Internetworking concepts
  • Common elements of WAN and LAN environments
  • Data Center Server redundancy concepts

In addition, students should be proficient in:

  • 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 LTM Advanced Topics v9.x.

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