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Chapter 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System
- Introducing the BIG-IP System
- Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System
- Archiving the BIG-IP Configuration
- Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools
Chapter 2: Reviewing Local Traffic Configuration
- Reviewing Nodes, Pools, and Virtual Servers
- Reviewing Address Translation
- Reviewing Routing Assumptions
- Reviewing Application Health Monitoring
- Reviewing Traffic Behavior Modification with Profiles
- Reviewing the TMOS Shell (TMSH)
- Reviewing Managing BIG-IP Configuration Data
Chapter 3: Load Balancing Traffic with LTM
- Exploring Load Balancing Options
- Using Priority Group Activation and Fallback Host
- Comparing Member and Node Load Balancing
Chapter 4: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence
- Reviewing Persistence
- Introducing SSL Persistence
- Introducing SIP Persistence
- Introducing Universal Persistence
- Introducing Destination Address Affinity Persistence
- Using Match Across Options for Persistence
Chapter 5: Monitoring Application Health
- Differentiating Monitor Types
- Customizing the HTTP Monitor
- Monitoring an Alias Address and Port
- Monitoring a Path vs. Monitoring a Device
- Managing Multiple Monitors
- Using Application Check Monitors
- Using Manual Resume and Advanced Monitor Timer Settings
Chapter 6: Processing Traffic with Virtual Servers
- Virtual Servers Concepts
- Path Load Balancing
- Introducing Auto Last Hop
Chapter 7: Processing Traffic with SNATs
- Overview of SNATs
- SNAT Auto Map
- Using SNAT Pools
- SNATs as Listeners
- SNAT Specificity
- VIP Bounceback
- Additional SNAT Options
- Network Packet Processing
Chapter 8: Configuring High Availability
- Sync-Failover Group Concepts
- Synchronization, State and Failover
- Traffic Group Concepts
- N+1 Concepts
Chapter 9: Configuring High Availability Part 2
- Failover Triggers and Detection
- Stateful Failover
- Device Group Communication
- Sync-Only Device Groups
Chapter 10: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles
- Profiles Overview
- Common Protocol Profile Types and Settings
- TCP Express Optimization
- Performance Improvements
- Configuring and Using Profiles
- HTTP Profile Options
- OneConnect
- Offloading HTTP Compression to BIG-IP
- HTTP Caching
- Stream Profiles
- F5 Acceleration Technologies
- Analytics
Chapter 11: Selected Topics
- VLAN, VLAN Tagging, and Trunking
- Restricting Network Access
- SNMP Features
- Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Chapter 12: Deploying Application Services with iApps
- Simplifying Application Deployment with iApps
- Using iApps Templates
- Deploying an Application Service
- Reconfiguring an Application Service
- Leveraging the iApps Ecosystem on DevCentral
Chapter 13: Customizing Application Delivery with iRules and Local Traffic Policies
- Getting Started with iRules
- Triggering an iRule
- Introducing iRule Constructs
- Leveraging the DevCentral Ecosystem
- Deploying and Testing iRules
- Getting Started with Local Traffic Policies
- What Can You Do with a Local Traffic Policy?
- How Does a Local Traffic Policy Work?
- Understanding Local Traffic Policy Workflow
- Introducing the Elements of a Local Traffic Policy
- Specifying the Matching Strategy
- What Are Rules?
- Understanding Requires and Controls
- Configuring and Managing Policy Rules
- Configuring a New Rule
- Including Tcl in Certain Rule Settings
Chapter 14: Final Lab Project
Chapter 15: Additional Training and Certification
Appendix A: Troubleshooting
Working with F5 Support
This course is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IP LTM system.
Students must complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
- Administering BIG-IP instructor-led course
- F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator
The following free web-based courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience:
- Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
- Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) web-based training
The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course:
- OSI model encapsulation
- Routing and switching
- Ethernet and ARP
- TCP/IP concepts
- IP addressing and subnetting
- NAT and private IP addressing
- Default gateway
- Network firewalls
- LAN vs. WAN
The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course:
- Web application delivery
- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and SSH protocols
- TLS/SSL
After completing this course, students will learn:
- BIG-IP initial setup (licensing, provisioning, and network configuration)
- A review of BIG-IP local traffic configuration objects
- Using dynamic load balancing methods
- Modifying traffic behavior with persistence (including SSL, SIP, universal, and destination address affinity persistence)
- Monitoring application health with Layer 3, Layer 4, and Layer 7 monitors (including transparent, scripted, and external monitors)
- Processing traffic with virtual servers (including network, forwarding, and reject virtual servers)
- Processing traffic with SNATs (including SNAT pools and SNATs as listeners)
- Configuring high availability (including active/standby and N+1 sync failover device groups, connection and persistence mirroring, and sync-only device groups)
- Modifying traffic behavior with profiles (including advanced HTTP profile options, caching, compression, and OneConnect profiles)
- Advanced BIG-IP LTM configuration options (including VLAN tagging and trunking, SNMP features, and packet filters)
- Deploying application services with iApps
- Customizing application delivery with iRules and local traffic policies