F5 BIGIP DNS (GLOBAL TRAFFIC MANAGER)
About This Course
F5 CONFIGURING BIG-IP DNS (GTM)
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the BIG-IP DNS (GTM) system. This course covers installation, configuration, and management of the BIG-IP DNS (GTM), DNS Overview Intelligent and accelerated DNS resolutions, global server Load balancing, DNSSEC etc. The course includes lecture, hands-on labs, and interactive demonstrations with emphasis on real work applications
Prerequisites:
- Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA)
Table of Contents
Module 1: Overview of BIG-IP DNS (GTM)
- What is BIG-IP DNS?
- LTM-GTM Traffic Flow
- TM System Benefits -Intelligent DNS Resolution , Accelerated DNS Resolution , Secure DNS Resolution
- Initial Configuration – Licensing & Provisioning
Module 2: DNS Overview
- DNS Overview
- Name Resolution Process
- DNS and GTM system Options
- GTM and Intelligent Name Resolution
- Host Name Resolution Tools –Dig, Nslookup
Module 3: Accelerated DNS resolutions
- GTM Resolution options
- Hierarchy of Options Flow Chart
- DNS cache – Transparent, Resolver, Validating
- DNS Express
Module 4: Intelligent DNS Resolutions
- What is Intelligent Resolution
- Physical Vs Logical Aspects – GTM Objects
- GTM-LTM System Communications
- iQuery and iQdump Utility
- Certificate Authentication
- Big3d Agent
Module 5: LDNS Probes and Metrics
- Network Metric Collection
- LDNS Probes – Types
- Requirements for probes
Module 6: Load Balancing
- Global server Load Balancing – GSLB
- Static vs Dynamic Method
- Wide IP Load balancing – Pool Selection
- Pool Load balancing – Virtual server selection
Module 7: Monitors
- Monitors and Metric collection
- Monitors types
- Performance Monitors
- Monitors Assignment
Module 8: Logs and Notification
- System Log configuration
- Log File Location and Names
- Viewing Log Files
- SNMP Notification
Module 9: Advanced Topics
- DNSSEC – Record Types
- GTM iRules
- Synchronization Group
- GTM_add Script
- BIGIP Configuration Files
- Qkview and iHealth
Your Instructors
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Manoj Verma (CCIE#43923) - Instructor & Consultant
Manoj Verma (CCIE#43923) is a highly experienced senior technical instructor and Network/ security consultant. He has been in the networking industry for more than 20 years, with a focus on networking and security for the past 15 years. He has assisted thousands of engineers in obtaining their various certifications starting from CCNA to CCIE, CCSA, CCSE, PCNSE, F5, etc. and learning the latest and cutting-edge technologies. He started his career as a system administrator and then switched to the networking and security domain. During the job, he realized that he is gifted with a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge, as he used to teach his colleagues and friends. In his classroom training, he always starts with explaining the theory on a certain topic and then gives away a short note of key points and finally end with lab implementation. Now a day, driving down to the training institute to attend classroom training sessions is not feasible for everyone owing to the workflow, odd working hours and rotational shifts, especially for working professionals and those who are living in different cities and countries. He started getting multiple requests from lots of students to launch an online training module in the same way as he teaches in his classrooms. Keeping all this in mind, he designed this self-paced training module which replicates classroom training. He has brought his years of classroom teaching experience, and years of real-world enterprise and service provider experience in designing training modules. For a better understanding of technologies and in-depth knowledge, reading books or short notes is necessary and to witness the theoretical information in live, practical knowledge is required so he has included both which is very unique in the IT training sector.
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