5 Days
The primary objective of the Citrix NetScaler Traffic Management course is to provide the foundational concepts and skills necessary to implement, configure, secure, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot a Citrix NetScaler system for application delivery. To reinforce learning objectives in this course students will work through exercises such as configure advanced load balancing and GSLB on a NetScaler, customize the NetScaler for traffic flow and content-specific requirements, and employ recommended tools and techniques to troubleshoot common NetScaler issues within a virtual lab environment. The content is based on version 11 of the Citrix NetScaler product, but the skills and fundamental concepts learned are common to earlier product versions.
The course has been completely redeveloped and supersedes its predecessor (CNS-205: Citrix NetScaler Essentials and Networking), including the following enhancements:
- A new lab environment, redesigned and built for enhanced performance
- New content introduced in the majority of modules
- Incorporated course feedback that has been gathered over the last year
- Reorganisation of the content into a logical sequence of three days of base content that focuses on essential NetScaler functionality, followed by two days of additional Traffic Management features, with exercises that progressively build on each other to provide a more effective and versatile learning experience.
Learn the skills required to implement NetScaler components including secure Load Balancing, High Availability, and NetScaler Management. At the end of the course students will be able to configure their NetScaler environments to address traffic delivery and management requirements including load balancing, availability, and NetScaler operation management.
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
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)
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
High Availability
- High Availability Functionality
- High Availability Node Configuration
- Propagation and Synchronisation
- Failover, Route Monitors, Fail Safe
- Propagation, Synchronisation
- High Availability Management
- Performing an Upgrade
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrading HA pair
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
Securing the NetScaler
- NetScaler Communication Ports
- Overview of AAA
- Authentication on the NetScaler
- NetScaler Users
- Command Policies
- Admin Partitions
- 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
Learn the skills required to configure and manage NetScaler Traffic Management features, including Content Switching, Traffic Optimisation, and Global Server Load Balancing. At the end of the course students will be able to configure their NetScaler environments to address efficient traffic switching and resilience requirements including content switching, traffic optimisation, and disaster recovery.
AppExpert Classic Policy Engine
- Policies Overview
- Expression Structures
- Content Filtering
- Content Filtering Actions
- Content Filtering Rules
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
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
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 Specified
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 Visualiser
- GSLB Persistence
Optimising Traffic
- Introduction to Compression
- Frontend Optimisation
- Surge Queue
- TCP Optimisation
- HTTP Optimisation
- How Clustering Works
- Cluster Synchronisation
- 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
Students interested in learning how to implement and manage the advanced NetScaler features using leading practices. Specifically:
- Administrators
- Implementers / Engineers
- Architects
It is recommended to gain a basic understanding of the following concepts and technologies:
- Basic Networking
- Windows and Linux Server administration
- TCP/IP, HTTP protocols and the OSI model
- Server load balancing and content switching concepts
- Web server software
- DNS, SSL and compression concepts
- Network security threats and site protection concepts
- Identify the functionality and capabilities of the NetScaler
- Explain basic NetScaler network architecture
- Obtain, install, and manage NetScaler licenses
- Explain how SSL is used to secure the NetScaler
- Optimise the NetScaler system for traffic handling and management
- Customise the NetScaler system for traffic flow and content-specific requirements
- Demonstrate monitoring and reporting through native NetScaler logging tools
- Employ recommended tools and techniques to troubleshoot common NetScaler network and connectivity issues
- Implement NetScaler TriScale technology, including clustering
- Configure advanced load balancing and GSLB on the NetScaler system
- Identify the functionality and characteristics of the NetScaler SDX platform
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