CTXNS220 – Citrix NetScaler 11 Essentials and Traffic Management

Il corso è rivolto a Network Administrators/Engineers, Citrix Administrators, Operations Engineers, Systems Administrators/Engineers e Cloud Administrators/Engineers che non hanno esperienza sulla piattaforma NetScaler.

Il corso è propedeutico anche al conseguimento della certificazione Citrix Certified Professional – Networking (CCP-N – esame 1Y0-351: Citrix NetScaler 10.5 Essentials for Networking)

PROGRAMMA DEL CORSO

Modulo 1: Citrix NetScaler Essentials (days 1-3)

Getting Started

• Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionality
• Introduce NetScaler architecture
• Discuss NetScaler hardware and components
• Explore deployment and licensing options
• Perform NetScaler setup and configuration

Basic Networking

• Understand the purpose of NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses
• Recognize the networking topologies used with NetScaler
• Explain the use of interfaces and VLANs during configuration
• Discuss the available NetScaler routing and traffic-handling modes
• Define Access Control Lists and how to configure them
• Describe the Network Address Translation feature of NetScaler

NetScaler Platforms

• Distinguish the hardware and use cases for the NetScaler MPX, VPX, and SDX
• Discuss the multi-tenant structure of the NetScaler SDX
• Illustrate the function and benefits of various SDX interface allocation scenarios
• Identify the NetScaler SDX administrative components and their use

High Availability

• Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionality
• Introduce NetScaler architecture
• Discuss NetScaler hardware and components
• Explore deployment and licensing options
• Perform NetScaler setup and configuration

Load Balancing

• Describe the NetScaler load-balancing process and the role of entities
• Identify the different load-balancing and monitoring options available on the NetScaler
• Define the different traffic types that can be load balanced
• Explain how monitoring and service options can be customized
• Understand third-party load-balancing services on NetScaler
• Distinguish the methods used to protect and troubleshoot a NetScaler load-balancing configuration

SSL Offload

• Define SSL and how SSL Offload works
• Explain the process of creating and uploading SSL Certificates
• Demonstrate the creation of SSL virtual servers
• Identify common SSL deployments
• Describe some SSL Exploits and some of the NetScaler configuration settings that can prevent them

Securing the NetScaler

• Define authentication, authorization, and auditing
• Describe how to configure authentication and authorization on NetScaler
• Identify the components and steps required to secure a NetScaler configuration
• Summarize the use and benefits of Admin Partitions

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Identify NetScaler Log issues
• Monitor the NetScaler environment with Simple Network Management Protocol data
• Leverage AppFlow, Command Center, and Insight features within the NetScaler
• Utilize NetScaler troubleshooting tools

Modulo 2: NetScaler Citrix Traffic Management (days 4-5)

AppExpert Classic Policy Engine

• Understand the basics of the NetScaler classic policy engine
• Describe the NetScaler content-filtering feature and how to configure it

AppExpert Default Policy Engine

• Describe Default Policy including basic components
• Discuss the syntax of Default Policy expression
• Utilize Actions in policy expression evaluation
• Distinguish key attributes of policy binding and bind types
• Construct and manage Default Policies with AppExpert

Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform

• Describe what the Rewrite feature of NetScaler does and explain how it works
• Discuss the functionality of Responder policies and how to configure them
• Apply the benefits of using URL Transformation

Content Switching

• Explain Content Switching and how it works
• Discuss the importance of a Content-Switching VServer
• Distinguish what Content-Switching policies are and how to use them
• Understand what rule precedence is and the way it affects policies

Optimization

• Implement traffic compression in a NetScaler environment
• Understand the benefits of caching in a NetScaler environment
• Utilize Front End Optimization to render the web browser more efficient

Global Server Load Balancing

• Describe the Global Server Load Balancing feature
• Deploy Domain Name System to support GSLB
• Implement GSLB in a NetScaler environment
• Utilize Content Switching to implement GSLB
• Understand GSLB Metric Exchange Protocol and Monitoring
• Customize the GSLB Configuration

Clustering

• Understand the NetScaler Clustering feature
• Identify methods for managing and configuring a NetScaler Cluster
• Discuss options for troubleshooting the NetScaler Cluster