F5 BIGIP DNS (GLOBAL TRAFFIC MANAGER)

F5 CONFIGURING BIG-IP DNS (GTM)

Course Description:

This course introduces students to the BIG-IP DNS (GTM) system. This course covers installation, configuration, and management of the BIG-IP DNS (GTM), DNS Overview Intelligent and accelerated DNS resolutions, global server Load balancing, DNSSEC etc.

Prerequisites:

Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA)

TOPICS:

Module 1: Overview of BIG-IP DNS (GTM)

• What is BIG-IP DNS?
• LTM-GTM Traffic Flow
• TM System Benefits -Intelligent DNS Resolution , Accelerated DNS Resolution , Secure DNS Resolution
• Initial Configuration – Licensing & Provisioning

Module 2: DNS Overview

• DNS Overview
• Name Resolution Process
• DNS and GTM system Options
• GTM and Intelligent Name Resolution
• Host Name Resolution Tools –Dig, Nslookup

Module 3: Accelerated DNS resolutions

• GTM Resolution options
• Hierarchy of Options Flow Chart
• DNS cache - Transparent, Resolver, Validating
• DNS Express

Module 4: Intelligent DNS Resolutions

• What is Intelligent Resolution
• Physical Vs Logical Aspects – GTM Objects
• GTM-LTM System Communications
• iQuery and iQdump Utility
• Certificate Authentication
• Big3d Agent

Module 5: LDNS Probes and Metrics

• Network Metric Collection
• LDNS Probes – Types
• Requirements for probes

Module 6: Load Balancing

• Global server Load Balancing – GSLB
• Static vs Dynamic Method
• Wide IP Load balancing – Pool Selection
• Pool Load balancing - Virtual server selection

Module 7: Monitors

• Monitors and Metric collection
• Monitors types
• Performance Monitors
• Monitors Assignment

Module 8: Logs and Notification

• System Log configuration
• Log File Location and Names
• Viewing Log Files
• SNMP Notification

Module 9: Advanced Topics

• DNSSEC – Record Types
• GTM iRules
• Synchronization Group
• GTM_add Script
• BIGIP Configuration Files
• Qkview and iHealth