CNS-220 Citrix NetScaler Essentials and Traffic Management

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$5000

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Course Overview

Designed for students with little or no previous NetScaler experience, this course is best suited for individuals who will be deploying or managing NetScaler environments. What’s New? This course has been completely redeveloped and improves upon its predecessor CNS-205: Citrix Citrix NetScaler Essentials and Networking in the following ways: • Improved course structure and flow to focus on Citrix NetScaler Essentials for the first three days, and Citrix Traffic Management for the remaining two days. • New lab environment redesigned and built for enhanced performance. • Incorporated enhancements based on feedback gathered over the last year. • New content introduced throughout the course.

Course Length: 5 days

Audience: Students interested in learning how to implement and manage NetScaler features using leading practices. Specifically Administrators Implementers / Engineers Architects

Prerequisites: None

What You're Going To Learn

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
Optimize the NetScaler system for traffic handling and management
Customize 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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Course Outline

1 – Getting Started

Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionality.
Introduce NetScaler architecture.
Discuss NetScaler hardware and components.
Explore deployment and licensing options.
Perform NetScaler setup and configuration.

2 – Basic Networking

Understand the purpose of NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses.
Recognize the networking topologies used with NetScaler.
Explain the use of interfaces and VLANs during configuration.
Discuss the available NetScaler routing and traffic-handling modes.
Define Access Control Lists and how to configure them.
Describe the Network Address Translation feature of NetScaler.

3 – NetScaler Platforms

Distinguish the hardware and use cases for the NetScaler MPX, VPX, and SDX.
Discuss the multi-tenant structure of the NetScaler SDX.
Illustrate the function and benefits of various SDX interface allocation scenarios.
Identify the NetScaler SDX administrative components and their use

4 – High Availability

Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionality.
Introduce NetScaler architecture.
Discuss NetScaler hardware and components.
Explore deployment and licensing options.
Perform NetScaler setup and configuration.

5 – Load Balancing

Describe the NetScaler load-balancing process and the role of entities.
Identify the different load-balancing and monitoring options available on the NetScaler.
Define the different traffic types that can be load balanced.
Explain how monitoring and service options can be customized.
Understand third-party load-balancing services on NetScaler.
Distinguish the methods used to protect and troubleshoot a NetScaler load-balancing configuration.

6 – SSL Offload

Define SSL and how SSL Offload works.
Explain the process of creating and uploading SSL Certificates.
Demonstrate the creation of SSL virtual servers.
Identify common SSL deployments.
Describe some SSL Exploits and some of the NetScaler configuration settings that can
prevent them.

7 – Securing the NetScaler

Define authentication, authorization, and auditing.
Describe how to configure authentication and authorization on NetScaler.
Identify the components and steps required to secure a NetScaler configuration.
Summarize the use and benefits of Admin Partitions.

8 – Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Identify NetScaler Log issues.
Monitor the NetScaler environment with Simple Network Management Protocol data.
Leverage AppFlow, Command Center, and Insight features within the NetScaler environment.
Utilize NetScaler troubleshooting tools

9 – AppExpert Classic Policy Engine

Understand the basics of the NetScaler classic policy engine.
Describe the NetScaler content-filtering feature and how to configure it.

10 – AppExpert Default Policy Engine

Describe Default Policy including basic components.
Discuss the syntax of Default Policy expression.
Utilize Actions in policy expression evaluation.
Distinguish key attributes of policy binding and bind types.
Construct and manage Default Policies with AppExpert.

11 – Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform

Describe what the Rewrite feature of NetScaler does and explain how it works.
Discuss the functionality of Responder policies and how to configure them.
Apply the benefits of using URL Transformation.

12 – Content Switching

Explain Content Switching and how it works.
Discuss the importance of a Content-Switching VServer.
Distinguish what Content-Switching policies are and how to use them.
Understand what rule precedence is and the way it affects policies.

13 – Optimization

Implement traffic compression in a NetScaler environment.
Understand the benefits of caching in a NetScaler environment.
Utilize Front End Optimization to render the web browser more efficient

14 – Global Server Load Balancing

Describe the Global Server Load Balancing feature.
Deploy Domain Name System to support GSLB.
Implement GSLB in a NetScaler environment.
Utilize Content Switching to implement GSLB.
Understand GSLB Metric Exchange Protocol and Monitoring.
Customize the GSLB Configuration.

15 – Clustering

Understand the NetScaler Clustering feature.
Identify methods for managing and configuring a NetScaler Cluster.
Discuss options for troubleshooting the NetScaler Cluster.

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