Course
NS201
NetScaler ADC 14.x Administration («NS201»)
Course facts
- Understanding the functionalities and capabilities of NetScaler ADC
- Obtaining, installing, and managing NetScaler ADC licenses
- Understanding basic NetScaler network architecture
- Understanding how SSL is used to secure NetScaler ADC
- Optimizing the NetScaler system for traffic handling and management
- Understanding the basic elements of the AppExpert Policy Engine and identify its use cases
- Understanding how to use the features of Rewrite and Responder on the NetScaler ADC
- Understanding the benefits of Content Switching and how to deploy the feature with load balancing
- Exploring various features of NetScaler to improve the client-server experience and responsiveness
- Understanding Global Server Load Balancing and how to use it for site-level redundancy
1 Getting Started
- Introduction to Citrix ADC
- Feature and Platform Overview
- Deployment Options
- Architectural Overview
- Setup and Management
2 Basic Networking
- Networking Topology
- Citrix ADC Components
- Routing
- Access Control Lists
3 High Availability
- Citrix ADC High Availability
- High Availability Configuration
- Managing High Availability
- In Service Software Upgrade
- Troubleshooting High Availability
4 Load Balancing
- Load Balancing Overview
- Load Balancing Methods and Monitors
- Load Balancing Traffic Types
- Load Balancing Protection
- Priority Load Balancing
- Load Balancing Troubleshooting
5 SSL Offloading
- SSL Overview
- SSL Configuration
- SSL Offload
- Troubleshooting SSL Offload
- SSL Vulnerabilities and Protections
6 Securing System Traffic
- Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
- Configuring External Authentication
- Admin Partitions
7 Monitoring & Troubleshooting
- Citrix ADC Logging
- Monitoring with SNMP
- Reporting and Diagnostics
- AppFlow Functions
- Citrix Application Delivery Management
- Troubleshooting
8 Intro to Policies and Responder Policies
- Default Policy Overview
- Default Expression Syntax
- Policy Bindings
- AppExpert Additional Features
- Responder Policies
9 Rewrite & URL Transform
- Rewrite Policies
- DNS Rewrite
- URL Transformation
10 Advanced Policy Expressions
- Advanced/Default Policy Engine
- Intro to Content Switching
- Content Switching Policies
- Content Switching protection features
11 Optimization
- Citrix ADC Optimization Overview
- HTTP Compression
- Integrated Caching
- Front-End Optimization
12 Global Server Load Balancing
- GSLB Overview
- GSLB Architecture
- Content-Switching GSLB
- GSLB MEP and Monitoring
- Customizing GSLB
This course is aimed at administrators and engineers.
This course requires little to no previous experience with NetScaler ADC; however, it is recommended that you have a basic understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP and the OSI model, network devices and network protocols.
In this course you will receive electronic course materials. The documents will be sent to the address you provided when you registered. Please bring your own tablet or laptop so that you can read the contents and exercises parallel to the course or save the documents at the right place.