This course uses lectures and hands-on exercises to give participants real-time experience in setting up and configuring the BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) system. Students are introduced to the AFM user interface, stepping through various options that demonstrate how AFM is configured to build a network firewall and to detect and protect against DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. Reporting and log facilities are also explained and used in the course labs. Further Firewall functionality and additional DoS facilities for DNS and SIP traffic are discussed.
This course is intended for system and network administrators responsible for the configuration and ongoing administration of a BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) system.
Students must complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
The following free web-based courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience.
The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course:
The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course:
Updates for the v15.1 release include a new chapter covering AFM functionality and associated data flow, new steps to create IP Intelligence policies and feed lists, details of a new DoS mitigation option, and tmsh command line firewall rule statistics monitoring. Course material including student guide and labs steps have been updated for some product changes to GUI appearance and screen options.
There were no releases of this course for AFM versions 14.1 or 15.0; the previous release was version 14.0.
Chapter 1: Setting up the BIG-IP System
Chapter 2: AFM Overview
Chapter 3: Network Firewall
Chapter 4: Logs
Chapter 5: IP Intelligence
Chapter 6: DoS Protection
Chapter 7: Reports
Chapter 8: DoS White Lists
Chapter 9: DoS Sweep Flood Protection
Chapter 10: IP Intelligence Shun
Chapter 11: DNS Firewall
Chapter 12: DNS DoS
Chapter 13: SIP DoS
Chapter 14: Port Misuse
Chapter 15: Network Firewall iRules
Chapter 16: Recap
Chapter 17: Additional Training and Certification
Chapter 1: Setting up the BIG-IP System
Chapter 2: AFM Overview and Network Firewall
Chapter 3: Logs
Chapter 4: IP Intelligence
Chapter 5: DoS Protection
Chapter 6: Reports
Chapter 7: DoS White Lists
Chapter 8: DoS Sweep Flood Protection
Chapter 9: IP Intelligence Shun
Chapter 10: DNS Firewall
Chapter 11: DNS DoS
Chapter 12: SIP DoS
Chapter 13: Port Misuse
Chapter 14: Network Firewall iRules
SKU: F5-TRG-BIG-AFM-CFG
Price: $1,995 (USD)
Course Length: 2 days
Designed for:
Network Administrator
Architect