NetScaler ADC 14.x Administration

Course Information

Course Name

NS-201: NetScaler ADC 14.x Administration

Exam code

1Y0-241

Duration

5 Days

Certification

Citrix Certified Associate – App Delivery and Security (CCA-AppDS)

Overview

This 5-day course is designed for IT Professionals working with NetScaler ADC, with little to no previous NetScaler experience. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects interested in identifying, implementing and managing a NetScaler ADC using leading practices as well as implementing advanced policies to control traffic flow through the NetScaler ADC.
Product Versions Covered: NetScaler VPX v14.1 and NetScaler Console v14.1

Audience Profile

• Network Administrators & Engineers

• System Administrators

• Cloud & DevOps Engineers

• IT Managers & Architects

• Application Developers & Architects

Prerequisites

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.

At Course Completion

When you complete this course, you will be able to:

• 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.

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

• App Flow Functions

• Citrix Application Delivery Management

• Troubleshooting

Module 8: Intro to Policies and Responder Policies

• Default Policy Overview

• Default Expression Syntax

• Policy Bindings

• App Expert 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

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