Understand the functionalities and capabilities of NetScaler ADC
How to obtain, install, and manage NetScaler ADC licenses
Comprehend basic NetScaler network architecture
Understand how SSL is used to secure NetScaler ADC
Optimize the NetScaler system for traffic handling and management
Required skills
This course requires little to no previous experience with NetScaler ADC;
however, Citrix recommends a basic understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, and of the OSI
model, network devices, and networking protocols.
Course outline
Module 1: Getting Started
- Introduction to Citrix ADC
- Feature and Platform Overview
- Deployment Options
- Architectural Overview
- Setup and Management
Module 2: Basic Networking
- Networking Topology
- Citrix ADC Components
- Routing
- Access Control Lists
Module 3: High Availability
- Citrix ADC High Availability
- High Availability Configuration
- Managing High Availability
- In Service Software Upgrade
- Troubleshooting High Availability
Module 4: Load Balancing
- Load Balancing Overview
- Load Balancing Methods and Monitors
- Load Balancing Traffic Types
- Load Balancing Protection
- Priority Load Balancing
- Load Balancing Troubleshooting
Module 5: SSL Offloading
- SSL Overview
- SSL Configuration
- SSL Offload
- Troubleshooting SSL Offload
- SSL Vulnerabilities and Protections
Module 6: Securing System Traffic
- Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
- Configuring External Authentication
- Admin Partitions
Module 7: Monitoring & Troubleshooting
- Citrix ADC Logging
- Monitoring with SNMP
- Reporting and Diagnostics
- AppFlow Functions
- Citrix Application Delivery Management
- Troubleshooting
Module 8: Intro to Policies and Responder Policies
- Default Policy Overview
- Default Expression Syntax
- Policy Bindings
- AppExpert Additional Features
- Responder Policies
Module 9: Rewrite & URL Transform
- Rewrite Policies
- DNS Rewrite
- URL Transformation
Module 10: Advanced Policy Expressions
- Advanced/Default Policy Engine.
- Intro to Content Switching.
- Content Switching Policies
- Content Switching protection features
Module 11: Optimization
- Citrix ADC Optimization Overview
- HTTP Compression
- Integrated Caching
- Front-End Optimization
Module 12: Global Server Load Balancing
- GSLB Overview
- GSLB Architecture
- Content-Switching GSLB
- GSLB MEP and Monitoring
- Customizing GSLB
