Networking

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.

This course is currently on Citrix ADC version 13.x

Please note :

Citrix now provide students with electronic courseware for all Citrix authorised training courses. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via http://training.citrix.com/ before they attend their first day of class. This will ensure they have access to all Citrix authorised training content on day one of their booked Citrix course.
This course includes the Citrix exam which must be taken within six months of completing your course.

Basic Networking
ADC Platforms
High Availability
Load balancing
SSL Offloading
Security
Advanced Policies
Rewrite Responder URL Transformation
Content Switching
Optimization
Global Server Load Balancing

Module 1: Getting Started

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

Module 2: Basic Networking

Networking Topology
Citrix ADC Components
Routing
Access Control Lists

Module 3: ADC Platforms

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

Module 4: High Availability

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

Module 5: Load balancing

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

Module 6: SSL Offloading

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

Module 7: Security

Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
Configuring External Authentication
Admin Partitions

Module 8: Security

Citrix ADC Logging
Monitoring with SNMP
Reporting and Diagnostics
AppFlow Functions
Citrix Application Delivery Management
Troubleshooting

Module 9: Advanced Policies

Default Policy Overview
Default Expression Syntax
Policy Bindings
AppExpert Additional Features

Module 10: Rewrite Responder URL

Transformation

Responder Policies
DNS Rewrite and Responder
URL Transformation

Module 11: Content Switching

Content Switching Overview
Content Switching Configuration

Module 12: Optimization

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

Module 13: Global Server Load Balancing

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

CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management