CNS-225: Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management {CNS-225-1I} Course Outline
Overview
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.
What you'll learn
Understand the functionalities and capabilities of Citrix ADC
How to obtain, install, and manage Citrix ADC licenses
Comprehend basic ADC network architecture
Understand how SSL is used to secure Citrix ADC
Optimize the ADC system for traffic handling and management
Audience
Built for IT Professionals working with Citrix ADC, with little to no previous ADC experience. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects interested in learning how to implement and manage Citrix ADC features using leading practices.
Prerequisites
This course requires little to no previous experience with Citrix ADC; however, Citrix recommends a basic understanding of of TCP/IP, HTTP, and of the OSI model, network devices, and networking protocol
Course Outline
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
App Flow 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
Rewrite Policies
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
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