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Overview – Review
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• Review basic SLB architecture
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• Recognize Current Features in Layer 2 SLB
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• Recognize Current Features Layer 3 SLB
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• Describe Layer 7 switching Cookie/URL switching/hashing and cookie insertion
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• Define the purpose of health check and types of health checks
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• List security features SYN-Guard and SYN-Defense
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Server Load Balancing
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• Discuss L2 vs.L3 SLB option
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• Barrel Processors - Dynamic Distribution
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• Configure basic SLB as review/start point for more complex labs
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• Configure primary and backup servers
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• Configure SLB using VLANs with Virtual Routing Interfaces
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• Configure OSPF for use in SLB with VRRP/E
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• Setup multiple sub-nets and multiple virtual routing interfaces
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• Configure SLB using NAT
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• Configure Stateless TCP/UDP ports
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• Describe the SLB session table
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• Set SLB session table parameters
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• Policy-based SLB
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Health Check
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• Describe how basic health-check works
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• List the differences between active and passive health checks
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• Configure Boolean health checks
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• Develop Scripted health checks
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• Implement scripted heath checks
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Layer 7 Switching
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• Describe the difference in persistence using URL/Cookie switching and/or hashing.
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• Use cookies for session persistence
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• Describe Cookie insertion
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• Insert a Cookie into an HTTP header using cookie switching and hashing
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Global Server Load Balancing
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• List the GSLB metrics and their function
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• Describe and Configure Global Server Load Balancing with metrics set to different values
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• List the advantages and disadvantages of the different GSLB options (including IP-Weight and Site-Weight)
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• Describe and configure Route Health Injection for GSLB
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Transparent Cache Switching
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• List the key TCS design techniques
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• Configure Active-Active TCS with a remote cache server
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• Configure for proxy caching
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• Configure TCS and SLB using the same ServerIron
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ServerIron Security
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• Security
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• Discuss SYN-Guard/SYN-Defense.
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• Configure SYN-Guard/SYN-Defense
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• Describe the benefits of rate limiting
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• URL Filtering
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• Transaction Rate Limiting
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• Connection Rate Limiting
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Troubleshooting
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• Use the sys-log to find problems
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• Use the show command to solve data delivery problems
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• BP Console commands
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• Tracking Session Information
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