Deploy and Manage Citrix NetScaler 13.x with Traffic Management (CNS-225)

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Course Overview

Build your Citrix ADC knowledge and skills by enrolling in this five-day course. It covers Citrix ADC essentials (platforms, architecture, licensing and functionality) and also focuses on traffic management, including content switching, traffic optimization and global server load balancing (GSLB). You will learn about key ADC capabilities such as high availability, security and performance, and explore SSL offload, load balancing and monitoring. The traffic management curriculum will cover the AppExpert policy engine, the Rewrite and Responder features, and Content Switching.

Who Should Attend

Built for IT Professionals working with Citrix ADC, with little to no previous ADC experience. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects interested in learning how to implement and manage Citrix ADC features using leading practices.

Course Objectives

    • Understand the functionalities and capabilities of Citrix ADC
    • How to obtain, install, and manage Citrix ADC licenses
    • Comprehend basic ADC network architecture
    • Understand how SSL is used to secure Citrix ADC
    • Optimize the ADC system for traffic handling and management

Course Outline

1 - Getting Started

  • Introduction to Citrix ADC
  • Feature and Platform Overview
  • Deployment Options
  • Architectural Overview
  • Setup and Management

2 - Basic Networking

  • Networking Topology
  • Citrix ADC Components
  • Routing
  • Access Control Lists

3 - ADC Platforms

  • Citrix ADC MPX
  • Citrix ADC VPX
  • Citrix ADC CPX
  • Citrix ADC SDX
  • Citrix ADC BLX

4 - High Availability

  • Citrix ADC High Availability
  • High Availability Configuration
  • Managing High Availability
  • In Service Software Upgrade
  • Troubleshooting High Availability

5 - Load balancing

  • Load Balancing Overview
  • Load Balancing Methods and Monitors
  • Load Balancing Traffic Types
  • Load Balancing Protection
  • Priority Load Balancing
  • Load Balancing Troubleshooting

6 - SSL Offloading

  • SSL Overview
  • SSL Configuration
  • SSL Offload
  • Troubleshooting SSL Offload
  • SSL Vulnerabilities and Protections

7 - Security

  • Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
  • Configuring External Authentication
  • Admin Partitions

8 - Security

  • Citrix ADC Logging
  • Monitoring with SNMP
  • Reporting and Diagnostics
  • App Flow Functions
  • Citrix Application Delivery Management
  • Troubleshooting

9 - Advanced Policies

  • Default Policy Overview
  • Default Expression Syntax
  • Policy Bindings
  • AppExpert Additional Features

10 - Rewrite Responder URL Transformation

  • Rewrite Policies
  • Responder Policies
  • DNS Rewrite and Responder
  • URL Transformation

11 - Content Switching

  • Content Switching Overview
  • Content Switching Configuration

12 - Optimization

  • Citrix ADC Optimization Overview
  • HTTP Compression
  • Integrated Caching
  • Front-End Optimization

13 - Global Server Load Balancing

  • GSLB Overview
  • GSLB Architecture
  • Content-Switching GSLB
  • GSLB MEP and Monitoring
  • Customizing GSLB

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Mountain time

This is a 5-day class

Price: $5,000.00

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Register 01/13/2025 8:00AM - 3:30PM Online VILT
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