curriculum

BIG-IP GTM v11: Global Traffic Manager

Course Content

Module 1: Setting up the BIG-IP System

    Introducing the BIG-IP System
    Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System
    Creating an Archive of the BIG-IP System
    Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools

Module 2: DNS and GTM Systems

    DNS Overview
    The Name Resolution Process
    DNS and GTM System Options
    Resolution Diagnostic Tools

Module 3: Accelerated DNS Resolutions

    GTM and DNS Resolutions
    Hierarchy of Options Flow Chart
    GTM Listeners
    Load Balancing DNS Queries
    DNS Cache
    DNS Express
    Introduction to Wide-IPs
    Other DNS Queries
    Integrate GTM into Existing DNS Systems

Module 4: Intelligent DNS Resolutions

    GTM Intelligent DNS Resolutions
    Metric Collection
    Intelligent Name Resolution
    Data Centers
    Adding GTM Systems
    Adding LTM Systems
    GTM-LTM System Communications: iQuery
    Adding Non-F5 Servers
    Links
    Wide IP Pools
    Wide IPs
    Changing Objects Status
    Traffic Management Shell (TMSH)

Module 5: LDNS Probes and Metrics

    Probes and Metric Overview
    LDNS Probe Configuration

Module 6: Load Balancing

    Load Balancing Overview
    Static Load Balancing Modes
    Dynamic Load Balancing Modes
    Quality of Service Load Balancing
    Dynamic Persistence
    Manual Resume
    Topology Load Balancing

Module 7: Monitors

    Monitors and Metric Collection
    Monitor Types
    Monitor Configuration
    Monitor Assignments
    Monitor Status Reporting
    Monitor Results and Best Practices

Module 8: Configuration Files, Logs, and Notifications

    BIG-IP Configuration Files
    Logging and Notification
    GTM Log Files
    The Alertd Process
    LCD Notification
    E-Mail Notification
    High-Speed Logging
    Monitoring the BIG-IP System Remotely with SNMP

Module 9: Advanced Topics

    DNSSEC
    Limits and Thresholds
    GTM iRules
    Synchronization Groups
    BIG-IP iHealth and QKVIew Diagnostic Files
    DNS 6 to 4
    Using tcpdump in a BIG-IP Environment

Module 9: Review Topics and Questions