F5 BIG-IP - Local Traffic Manager

Training objective: To learn how to manage BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager systems.

• Back up BIG-IP system configuration for preservation
• Configure virtual servers, pools, monitors, profiles, and persistence objects
• Test and verify application delivery via BIG-IP using local traffic statistics
• Configure priority group activation on a load balancing pool to enable servers to activate only as needed to handle traffic
• Compare and contrast dynamic load balancing methods based on members and nodes
• Configure connection limits to set a threshold on traffic volume to specific pool members and nodes
• Differentiate persistence affinity types (cookie, SSL, SIP, universal, destination address) and describe use cases for each
• Describe the three persistence options and use cases for Match Across Services
• Configure health monitors to appropriately monitor application delivery via a BIG-IP system
• Configure different types of virtual servers to support various traffic processing types via a BIG-IP system
• Configure different types of SNAT to support traffic routing via a BIG-IP system
• Configure VLAN tagging and aggregation
• Limit administrative and application traffic via BIG-IP using packet filters, port locking, and virtual server settings
• Configure SNMP alerts and traps to support remote monitoring of the BIG-IP system
• Use an F5-provided iApp template to deploy and manage a web application service
• Use iRules and local traffic policies appropriately to customize application delivery via BIG-IP
• Configure BIG-IP to detect and mitigate common network and application layer attacks using LTM features such as SYN check, eviction policies, iRules, and local traffic policies