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Course Overview
What happens to your business if application delivery slows or fails? For 90% of Fortune 500 companies, F5 BIG-IP LTM systems are the answer, ensuring speed, security, and uptime. But managing BIG-IP LTM systems isn’t just about setup; it’s about having the well-rounded skill set needed to configure, optimize, and troubleshoot every layer of your BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager environment.
This course helps students build a functional understanding of BIG-IP LTM features and functionality, introducing both commonly used and advanced tools. You’ll gain hands-on experience processing traffic, modifying traffic behavior with persistence and profiles, and leveraging iRules and local traffic policies for custom solutions. This training is your step toward becoming the go-to professional for BIG-IP LTM systems as part of a flexible, modern application delivery network.
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for network administrators, network engineers, and system engineers who manage application delivery networks. It’s also recommended for those seeking F5 certification.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to deploy, configure, and manage the F5 BIG-IP LTM system for efficient application delivery. You’ll confidently use the BIG-IP interface, apply traffic management policies, and troubleshoot common issues.
- Deploy and configure BIG-IP systems
- Set up virtual servers and pools
- Implement monitors, profiles, and persistence
- Use iRules for custom traffic management
- Troubleshoot BIG-IP LTM
- Understand licensing and resource provisioning
Course Outline
1 - Setting Up the BIG-IP System
- Introducing the BIG-IP System and Initial Setup
- Archiving the BIG-IP Configuration
- Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools
2 - Reviewing Local Traffic Configuration
- Reviewing Nodes, Pools, and Virtual Servers
- Address Translation and Routing Assumptions
- Application Health Monitoring
- Traffic Behavior Modification with Profiles
- Working with the TMOS Shell (TMSH)
- Managing BIG-IP Configuration Data
3 - Load Balancing Traffic with LTM
- Exploring Load Balancing Options
- Using Priority Group Activation and Fallback Host
- Comparing Member and Node Load Balancing
4 - Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence
- Understanding Persistence
- Cookie, SSL, SIP, Universal, and Destination Address Affinity Persistence
- Using Match Across Options for Persistence
5 - Monitoring Application Health
- Differentiating Monitor Types
- Customizing the HTTP Monitor
- Monitoring Alias Addresses, Ports, and Paths vs. Devices
- Managing Multiple Monitors
- Application Check Monitors
- Manual Resume and Advanced Monitor Timer Settings
6 - Processing Traffic with Virtual Servers
- Understanding Virtual Server Types and Use Cases
- Forwarding Traffic and Order of Precedence
- Path Load Balancing
7 - Processing Traffic with SNATs
- Overview of SNATs and SNAT Pools
- SNATs as Listeners and Specificity
- VIP Bounceback and Additional SNAT Options
- Network Packet Processing Review
8 - Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles
- Profiles Overview
- TCP Express Optimization and TCP Profiles
- HTTP Profile Options
- OneConnect
- Offloading HTTP Compression to BIG-IP
- HTTP Caching
- Stream Profiles
- F5 Acceleration Technologies
9 - Selected Topics
- VLAN, VLAN Tagging, and Trunking
- Restricting Network Access
- SNMP Features
- Segmenting Network Traffic with Route Domains
10 - Deploying Application Services with iApps
- Simplifying Application Deployment with iApps
- Using iApps Templates
- Deploying an Application Service
- Leveraging the iApps Ecosystem on DevCentral
11 - Customizing Application Delivery with iRules and Local Traffic Policies
- Getting Started with iRules
- Configuring and Managing Policy Rules
12 - Securing Application Delivery with LTM
- Understanding Today’s Threat Landscape
- Integrating LTM Into Your Security Strategy
- Defending Against SYN Flood and Other Volumetric Attacks
- Addressing Application Vulnerabilities with iRules and Local Traffic Policies
- Detecting and Mitigating Common HTTP Threats
13 - Final Lab Project