CNS-225: Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management

Build your Citrix ADC knowledge and skills by enrolling in this five-day course.It covers Citrix ADC essentials-- platforms, architecture, licensing and functionality and also focuses on traffic management, including content switching, traffic optimization and global server load balancing (GSLB). You will learn about key ADC capabilities such as high availability, security and performance, and explore SSL offload, load balancing and monitoring. The traffic management curriculum will cover the AppExpert policy engine, the Rewrite and Responder features, and Content Switching.

Understand the functionalities and

capabilities of Citrix ADC
How to obtain, install, and manage
Citrix ADC licenses
Comprehend basic ADC network
architecture
Understand how SSL is used to
secure Citrix ADC
Optimize the ADC system for traffic
handling and management

Course Outline

1 - MODULE 1: GETTING STARTED

Introduction to Citrix ADC
Feature and Platform Overview
Deployment Options
Architectural Overview
Setup and Management

2 - MODULE 2: BASIC NETWORKING

Networking Topology
Citrix ADC Components
Routing
Access Control Lists

3 - MODULE 3: ADC PLATFORMS

Citrix ADC MPX
Citrix ADC VPX
Citrix ADC CPX
Citrix ADC SDX
Citrix ADC BLX

4 - MODULE 4: HIGH AVAILABILITY

Citrix ADC High Availability
High Availability Configuration
Managing High Availability
In Service Software Upgrade
Troubleshooting High Availability

5 - MODULE 5: LOAD BALANCING

Load Balancing Overview
Load Balancing Methods and Monitors
Load Balancing Traffic Types
Load Balancing Protection
Priority Load Balancing
Load Balancing Troubleshooting

6 - MODULE 6: SSL OFFLOADING

SSL Overview
SSL Configuration
SSL Offload
Troubleshooting SSL Offload
SSL Vulnerabilities and Protections

7 - MODULE 7: SECURITY

Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
Configuring External Authentication
Admin Partitions

8 - MODULE 8: SECURITY

Citrix ADC Logging
Monitoring with SNMP
Reporting and Diagnostics
AppFlow Functions
Citrix Application Delivery Management
Troubleshooting

9 - MODULE 9: ADVANCED POLICIES

Default Policy Overview
Default Expression Syntax
Policy Bindings
AppExpert Additional Features

10 - MODULE 10: REWRITE RESPONDER URL TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite Policies
Responder Policies
DNS Rewrite and Responder
URL Transformation

11 - MODULE 11: CONTENT SWITCHING

Content Switching Overview
Content Switching Configuration

12 - MODULE 12: OPTIMIZATION

Citrix ADC Optimization Overview
HTTP Compression
Integrated Caching
Front-End Optimization

13 - MODULE 13: GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING

GSLB Overview
GSLB Architecture
Content-Switching GSLB
GSLB MEP and Monitoring
Customizing GSLB

Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.