Lesson 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System

1. Introducing the BIG-IP System

2. Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System

3. Configuring the Management Interface

4. Activating the Software License

5. Provisioning Modules and Resources

6. Importing a Device Certificate

7. Specifying BIG-IP Platform Properties

8. Configuring the Network

9. Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP) Servers

10. Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) Settings

11. Configuring High Availability Options

12. Archiving the BIG-IP Configuration

13. Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools

Lesson 2: Traffic Processing Building Blocks

1. Identifying BIG-IP Traffic Processing Objects

2. Configuring Virtual Servers and Pools

3. Load Balancing Traffic

4. Viewing Module Statistics and Logs

5. Using the Traffic Management Shell (TMSH)

6. Understanding the TMSH Hierarchical Structure

7. Navigating the TMSH Hierarchy

8. Managing BIG-IP Configuration State and Files

9. BIG-IP System Configuration State

10. Loading and Saving the System Configuration

11. Shutting Down and Restarting the BIG-IP System

12. Saving and Replicating Configuration Data (UCS and SCF)

Lesson 3: Using NATs and SNATs

1. Address Translation on the BIG-IP System

2. Mapping IP Addresses with NATs

3. Solving Routing Issues with SNATs

4. Configuring SNAT Auto Map on a Virtual Server

5. Monitoring for and Mitigating Port Exhaustion

Lesson 4: Monitoring Application Health

1. Introducing Monitors

2. Types of Monitors

3. Monitor Interval and Timeout Settings

4. Configuring Monitors

5. Assigning Monitors to Resources

6. Managing Pool, Pool Member, and Node Status

7. Using the Network Map

Lesson 5: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Profiles

1. Introducing Profiles

2. Understanding Profile Types and Dependencies

3. Configuring and Assigning Profiles

4. Introducing SSL Offload and SSL Re-Encryption

5. Managing Object State

Lesson 6: Modifying Traffic Behavior with Persistence

1. Understanding the Need for Persistence

2. Introducing Source Address Affinity Persistence

3. Managing Object State

Lesson 7: Administering the BIG-IP System

1. Configuring Logging

2. Legacy Remote Logging

3. Introducing High Speed Logging (HSL)

4. High-Speed Logging Filters

5. HSL Configuration Objects

6. Configuring High Speed Logging

7. Using TCPDUMP on the BIG-IP System

8. Leveraging the BIG-IP iHealth System

9. Viewing BIG-IP System Statistics

10. Defining User Roles and Administrative Partitions

11. Leveraging vCMP

Lesson 8: Configuring High Availability

1. Introducing Device Service Clustering (DSC)

2. Preparing to Deploy a DSC Configuration

3. Configuring DSC Communication Settings

4. Establishing Device Trust

5. Establishing a Sync-Failover Device Group

6. Synchronizing Configuration Data

7. Exploring Traffic Group Behavior

8. Understanding Failover Managers and Triggers

9. Achieving Stateful Failover with Mirroring