Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Getting Started
- Introduction to the NetScaler System
- TriScale
- NetScaler Use Cases
- NetScaler Functionality
- NetScaler Overview
- Product Features
- NetScaler Operating System Overview
- nCore Configuration Architecture
- NetScaler File system
- Deployment Scenarios
- Logging in to the NetScaler System
- NetScaler Licenses
Module 2: Basic Networking
- OSI Networking Model
- NetScaler Architecture Overview
- NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses
- Network Topology
- NetScaler Network Interfaces
- Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
- IP Routing
- Determining the Source IP Address
- Packet Forwarding
- Use Source IP Mode
- Client-IP HTTP Header Insertion
- Path MTU Discovery
- Link Aggregation
- Access Control Lists
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
Module 3: NetScaler Platforms
- Architecture and General Concepts
- Hardware Platforms
- Hardware Components
- MPX Overview
- VPX Overview
- CPX Overview
- SDX Overview
- Identify the unique capabilities and functionality of the NetScaler SDX platform
- Identify the networking characteristics of the NetScaler SDX platform
- Explain the process of provisioning and administration of NetScaler VPX instances on a NetScaler SDX appliance
Module 4: High Availability
- High Availability Functionality
- High Availability Node Configuration
- Propagation and Synchronization
- Failover, Route Monitors, Fail Safe
- Propagation, Synchronization
- High Availability Management
- Performing an Upgrade
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrading HA pair
Module 5: Load Balancing
- Local Load Balancing concepts
- Naming conventions
- Persistence
- Service Types
- LB Methods
- Disabling Entities
- Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
- L4 vs L7 for TCP services
- UDP ping vs L7
- Monitor attributes
- Built in L7 monitors
- Monitors from Scripts
- EAV Monitors
- ECV Monitors
- DataStream
Module 6: SSL Offload
- SSL and TLS
- SSL Session Process
- SSL Administration
- SSL Offload Overview
- SSL Attacks Overview
- SSL Troubleshooting
- Cipher Suites
- Certificate Management
- Feature and Benefits
- Offload Performance
- Deployment Scenarios
- Citrix Recommendations for SSL
Module 7: Securing the NetScaler
- NetScaler Communication Ports
- Overview of AAA
- Authentication on the NetScaler
- NetScaler Users
- Command Policies
- Admin Partitions
Module 8: Monitoring, Management, and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring Needs
- NetScaler Log Management
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- AppFlow on the NetScaler System
- NetScaler Insight Overview
- NetScaler Command Center Overview
- Network Traffic Capture using NSTRACE
- Troubleshooting with Filter Expressions
- Decoding SSL Traffic with Wireshark
- Display NetScaler System Information
- NetScaler Command Line Tools
Module 9: AppExpert Classic Policy Engine
- Policies Overview
- Expression Structures
- Content Filtering
- Content Filtering Actions
- Content Filtering Rules
Module 10: AppExpert Default Policy Engine
- Understanding Packet-Processing Flow
- Understanding Policies
- Policy Process Evaluation Flow
- Identifying Default Policy Expressions
- Actions
- Understanding Bind Points
- Understanding Policy Labels
- Pattern Sets
- Typecasting
Module 11: Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform
- Configuring Rewrite Policies and Actions
- Responder Actions
- Respond with
- Responder Action for Timeouts
- Responder Policies
- Responder HTML Page Imports
- Binding Policies
- URL Transformation
- URL Transformation Actions
- Binding of URL Transformations
Module 12: Content Switching
- Introduction to Content Switching
- Content Switching Based on Network Characteristics
- Content-Switching Virtual Servers and Load-Balancing Virtual Servers
- Configuring Content-Switching Virtual Servers
- Configure a Load-Balancing Setup for Content Switching
- Content-Switching Policies
- Content-Switching Rule Precedence With Priority Specifiedery
Module 13: Global Server Load Balancing
- DNS overview and records
- GSLB Deployment Methods
- GSLB Concepts
- GSLB Entities
- GSLB DNS Methods
- Metric Exchange Protocol
- Viewing and Configuring GSLB with the Visualizer
- GSLB Persistence
Module 14: Optimizing Traffic
- Introduction to Compression
- Frontend Optimization
- Surge Queue
- TCP Optimization
- HTTP Optimization
Module 15: Clustering (Optional)
- How Clustering Works
- Cluster Synchronization
- Cluster Communication Interfaces
- Striped and Spotted IP Addresses
- Traffic Distribution
- Cluster and Node States
- NetScaler Cluster Set up
- Dynamic Configuration for a Cluster Link Aggregation Group
- NetScaler Cluster Management
- NetScaler Cluster Troubleshooting