Citrix NetScaler Essentials

Students looking to achieve the CCA-N certification should consider taking the CNS-220 or CNS-222 courses

• Getting Started
• Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionality
• Introduce NetScaler architecture
• Discuss NetScaler hardware and components
• Explore deployment and licensing options
• Perform NetScaler setup and configuration
• Basic Networking
• Understand the purpose of NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses
• Recognize the networking topologies used with NetScaler
• Explain the use of interfaces and VLANs during configuration
• Discuss the available NetScaler routing and traffic-handling modes
• Define Access Control Lists and how to configure them
• Describe the Network Address Translation feature of NetScaler
• NetScaler Platforms
• Distinguish the hardware and use cases for the NetScaler MPX, VPX, and SDX
• Discuss the multi-tenant structure of the NetScaler SDX
• Illustrate the function and benefits of various SDX interface allocation scenarios
• Identify the NetScaler SDX administrative components and their use
• High Availability
• Load Balancing
• Describe the NetScaler load-balancing process and the role of entities
• Identify the different load-balancing and monitoring options available on the NetScaler
• Define the different traffic types that can be load balanced
• Explain how monitoring and service options can be customized
• Understand third-party load-balancing services on NetScaler
• Distinguish the methods used to protect and troubleshoot a NetScaler load-balancing configuration
• SSL Offload
• Define SSL and how SSL Offload works
• Explain the process of creating and uploading SSL Certificates
• Demonstrate the creation of SSL virtual servers
• Identify common SSL deployments
• Describe some SSL Exploits and some of the NetScaler configuration settings that can prevent them
• Securing the NetScaler
• Define authentication, authorization, and auditing
• Describe how to configure authentication and authorization on NetScaler
• Identify the components and steps required to secure a NetScaler configuration
• Summarize the use and benefits of Admin Partitions
• Troubleshooting
• Identify NetScaler Log issues
• Monitor the NetScaler environment with Simple Network Management Protocol data
• Leverage AppFlow, Command Center, and Insight features within the NetScaler environment
• Utilize NetScaler troubleshooting tools