NetScaler 10 Essentials and Networking

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Course Overview


In this NetScaler 10 Essentials and Networking Training course, you will learn the foundational concepts and advanced skills necessary to implement, configure, secure, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot a Citrix Netscaler system from within a networking framework. The NetScaler 10 Essentials and Networking course is designed specifically for those with limited or no previous NetScaler experience.

Course Content


Getting Started   

  • NetScaler
  • NetScaler System
  • NetScaler Functionality
  • NetScaler Operating System
  • Hardware Platforms
  • Hardware Components
  • Planning a NetScaler Deployment
  • Deployment Scenarios
  • TriScale
  • NetScaler Configuration
  • Logging into the NetScaler System
  • NetScaler Licenses

Basic Networking   

  • OSI Networking Model
  • NetScaler Architecture
  • Packet Forwarding
  • NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses
  • NetScaler IP Address
  • Sending a Client IP Address to Servers
  • Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN)
  • Network Address Translation

Basic Load Balancing   

  • Load Balancing Basics
  • Configuring Basic Load Balancing
  • Services Configuration
  • Virtual Servers Creation
  • Services Bound to a Virtual Server
  • Configuration Verification
  • Load-Balancing Methods
  • Service Weights
  • Session Persistence Methods
  • Service Level Monitors

High Availability   

  • Functionality
  • Node Configuration
  • Propagation and Synchronization
  • Management

Policies and Expressions   

  • Policies
  • Policy Basics
  • Basic Policy Components
  • Policy Bindings
  • Policy Priorities
  • Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • Expression Structures
  • Wildcards
  • Context-Sensitive Fields
  • Simple Expressions
  • Compound Expressions
  • Advanced Policy Conversion

Content Switching   

  • Configuring a Load Balancing Setup for Content Switching
  • Content-Switching Policies
  • Content-Switching Rule Precedence Without Priority Specified
  • Content-Switching Rule Precedence With Priority Specified

Connection Tuning   

  • IPv6
  • DNS and the NetScaler
  • IP Routing
  • Link Load Balancing
  • SIP Load Balancing
  • Custom Load
  • Persistence and Persistence Connections
  • Load Balancing Configuration Protection
  • Load Balancing Setup Management
  • Traffic Management

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)   

  • Deployment Methods
  • Concepts
  • DNS Methods
  • Implementing Static GSLB
  • Metric Exchange Protocol
  • Configuring Site-to-Site Communication
  • Customizing the GSLB Configuration
  • GSLB Persistence
  • Monitoring GSLB Services
  • Protecting the GSLB Setup Against Failure
  • Implementing GSLB Failover for Disaster Recovery

Clustering   

  • Features Supported by Clustering
  • Clustering
  • Cluster
    • Synchronization
    • Connections
    • Communication Interfaces
  • Striped and Spotted IP Addresses
  • Traffic Distribution
  • Cluster and Node States
  • NetScaler Cluster
    • Set up
    • Traffic Distribution Mechanisms
    • Management
    • Troubleshooting

Security and Authentication   

  • SSL
  • SSL Administration
  • SSL Keys
  • Digital Certificates
  • Certificate Signing Request
  • SSL Certificates
  • Certificate Generation
  • Certificate Key Pairs
  • NetScaler System Communication
  • Front-End SSL
  • Front-End SSL_TCP
  • Securing Traffic
  • SSL_Bride
  • SSL Termination Points
  • SSL Offload
  • Configuring SSL Offload
  • Advanced SSL Settings
  • Hardware Compliance
  • Authentication Setup
  • AAA for Traffic Management
  • SAML 2.0 Consumer Support
  • Enhanced NTLMv2 Support
  • Authentication Policy Creation
  • Single Sign-On Setup
  • LDAP Authentication
  • Detailed Access Control Lists Configuration
  • Extended Access Control Lists
  • Creation and Removal of Access Control Lists
  • SYN, SSL Renegotiation, TLS Man-in-the-Middle, and DoS Protection
  • Client Traffic Management Based on Traffic Rate

Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transformation   

  • Packet Processing Flow
  • Policies
  • Policy Process Evaluation Flow
  • Advanced Policy Expressions
  • Actions
  • Bind Points
  • Policy Labels
  • Pattern Sets
  • Typecasting
  • Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform
  • Configuring Rewrite Policies and Actions
  • Configuring Responder Policies and Actions
  • Configuring URL Transformation Policies and Actions

Optimizing Traffic   

  • Compression
  • Integrated Caching
  • Reverse-Proxy-Cache Configuration
  • Content Groups
  • Cache Selectors and Policies
  • Caching Static and Dynamic Content
  • Request and Response Process Flow
  • Cache Policies and Cache Expressions
  • Action Analytics
  • Evaluation Order
  • Built-In Policies
  • Graceful Cache Configuration Changes
  • Cache Content Groups
  • FlashCache
  • Caching Management
  • AppExpert Templates
  • Terminology
  • Methodology

Advanced Monitoring   

  • Monitoring Needs
  • Simple Network Management Protocol
  • Dashboard
  • Citrix Command Center
  • Reporting Tools
  • NetScaler Log Management
  • Audit Logging
  • Configuring NetScaler for Audit Logging
  • Configuring an Audit Logging Server
  • Global Auditing Parameters
  • Configuring Auditing Policies
  • Monitoring Methods
  • Reporting Tools
  • Monitoring Needs
  • Simple Network Management Protocol
  • Configuring SMNPv1 and SMNPv2
  • AppFlow on the NetScaler
  • AppFlow Collectors and EdgeSight Monitoring
  • AppFlow Actions and EdgeSight Monitoring
  • Third-Party Collectors

Troubleshooting   

  • Methodology
  • Resources
  • Tools
  • Network Issues
  • Hardware Issues
  • Load Balancing Issues
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Access (AAA) Issues
  • SSL Troubleshooting
  • SSL Offload Troubleshooting
  • Policy Troubleshooting
  • High Availability Troubleshooting

Customer Reviews


Thanks to Xpertised and the tutor who walked me through all the topics with Practical exposure which is helping me in my current project.
-Waseem

Course was quite helpful in terms of understanding of concepts and practicality. Its really a very friendly environment to learn. The timing were mutually chosen, as we both are working professional. I am quite satisfied with the course.
-Tanmoy

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