course overview
Overview
This 2-day course uses lectures and hands-on exercises to give participants real-time experience in configuring and using the BIG-IQ® product.
Students are introduced to BIG-IQ, its interface, and its various functionality.
We first look at building and configuring the BIG-IQ system. Once this initial classroom environment is built, we detail the steps to get going administering BIG-IQ, then use it to manage BIG-IP devices.
After this we examine other system configurations: setting up a BIG-IQ DCD logging device, building a BIG-IQ High Availability pair, and managing BIG-IP devices in a cluster.
Course Topics
• Introducing BIG-IQ
• Setting Up the BIG-IQ System
• Administering the BIG-IQ System
• Managing BIG-IP LTM Devices
• Setting Up the BIG-IQ DCD System
• Custom Roles and Groups
• Managing BIG-IP DSC
• Administering BIG-IQ High Availability
Audience
The course is for system and network administrators responsible for the installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IQ system. Or, it can be undertaken by operators who require some knowledge of how the systems are setup, but usually concentrate on performing particular operational tasks whether on BIG-IQ or via BIG-IQ on the managed BIG-IP devices.
Skills Gained
• Build the BIG-IQ system. Perform the initial setup, licensing and configuration, then connect it to the network so it's ready for use
• Take an overall look at the BIG-IQ product suite. What does it include, how does it approach BIG-IP centralized management
• With the BIG-IQ configured, connect and explore system features including the necessary initial tasks and associated steps
• Bring your BIG-IP devices running LTM under central management by BIG-IQ. Discover their current configuration and create and deploy new traffic passing objects to them
• The BIG-IQ needs a DCD to manage BIG-IP statistics and log data, see how to set it up and link it to the BIG-IQ system
• Take a deeper look into user accounts on BIG-IQ and see how to create very granular accounts which limit user access
• BIG-IP allows multiple devices to be configured into clusters. Learn how BIG-IQ remotely manages these clusters
• Configure two existing BIG-IQ systems into an active-standby pair. Create and synchronize configuration objects, fail the pair over, de-configure the pair and return them to standalone systems.
Prerequisites
BIG-IQ manages BIG-IP devices and its associated products, so you need to be familiar with BIG-IP as well as having knowledge and experience of general network technology.
For BIG-IP, students should have already completed a BIG-IP based training course such as the Administering BIG-IP instructor-led course or further courses.
Free web-based training courses are available on the LearnF5 training hub (https://www.f5.com/services/training) that are helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience.
• Getting Started with BIG-IP
• Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
General technology experience should cover:
• OSI model encapsulation
• Routing and switching
• TCP/IP concepts
• IP addressing and subnetting
• Network firewalls
• LAN vs. WAN
• HTTP Protocol
• Security and Authentication
Outline
F5 Networks is the leader in application security and availability. F5 Solutions ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should – anywhere, anytime, and on any device.
F5 Networks training courses will give you the knowledge needed to install and configure F5 Networks solutions including LTM, ASM, DNS, APM, AFM, AAM, Viprion, Big-IQ, iApps, and iRules.
F5 trainers bring to the classroom decades of extensive experience. All F5 Networks courses consist of Lectures, Labs, and Discussions and are available either in a classroom setting or as virtual live courses.
Network professionals intending to attend F5 Networks courses are required to be proficient with Basic PC operation and application skills, Windows OS & Basic Web Browser operation (HTTP).
If you need training for 3 or more people, you should ask us about onsite training. Putting aside the obvious location benefit, content can be customised to better meet your business objectives and more can be covered than in a public classroom. Its a cost effective option. One on one training can be delivered too, at reasonable rates.
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SPVC = Self Paced Virtual Class
LVC = Live Virtual Class
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