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