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📘 F5 LTM (Local Traffic Manager) Syllabus

🔰 Introduction

• 🔹 What is a Load Balancer & Why We Need It

• 🔹 Application Delivery Controller (ADC)

• 🔹 Introduction of F5 Load Balancer

• 🔹 BIG-IP Product & Software Modules

• 🔹 How to Access BIG-IP Appliance

• 🔹 How to Change BIG-IP Mgmt IP & Access via GUI

• 🔹 License Activation Procedure for BIG-IP LTM

• 🔹 BIG-IP License and Base Configuration (2 Options)

🧾 LTM Core Components & Terminology

• 🔸 Nodes

• 🔸 Pool Members

• 🔸 Pools

• 🔸 Monitors

• 🔸 Virtual Server

• 🔸 Profiles

🌐 Network Topologies

• 🔸 One-Armed Deployment

• 🔸 Two-Armed Deployment

• 🔸 Direct Server Return (DSR)

⚖️ Load Balancing Methods

• 🔷 Static:

  • 🔹 Round Robin

  • 🔹 Ratio

• 🔷 Dynamic:

  • 🔹 Least Connection

  • 🔹 Fastest

  • 🔹 Observed

  • 🔹 Predictive

  • 🔹 Dynamic Ratio

🛑 Failure Mechanisms

• 🔹 Priority Group Activation

• 🔹 Fallback Host

⚙️ Configuration Topics

• 🔹 Adding Nodes & Checking Status

• 🔹 Defining Service Pools & Integration

• 🔹 Configuring Floating IP

• 🔹 Virtual Server Config & Pool Mapping

• 🔹 RDP Node-Pool-VS Configuration

🌐 NAT & SNAT

• 🔸 Destination NAT - Full Proxy

• 🔸 SNAT Types:

  • 🔹 Global SNAT (Secure NAT)

  • 🔹 SNAT Auto-map

  • 🔹 SNAT Pool & Use Cases

• 🔸 NAT Outbound

• 🔸 NAT - Same Subnet Clients/Servers

• 🔸 IP Forwarding (Inside to Outside)

📌 Persistence

• 🔸 Why We Need Persistence

• 🔸 Types:

  • 🔹 Source Address Affinity

  • 🔹 Cookie

• 🔸 Creating & Mapping Persistence Profiles

• 🔸 OneConnect Profile Configuration

📶 Monitors

• 🔸 What is a Monitor & Types:

  • 🔹 Address Check

  • 🔹 Service Check

  • 🔹 Content Check

  • 🔹 Interactive Check

  • 🔹 Default Monitor

  • 🔹 Node Specific / Pool / Member Specific Monitors

  • 🔹 External & Scripted Monitors

• 🔸 Monitor Instances

🛡️ High Availability & Management Tools

• 🔹 LTM High Availability

• 🔹 iApp, iHealth, iRule, SNMP, Logging

🧪 LTM LABS

1. 🔬 Lab Setup in EVE-NG

2. 💻 Licensing & Setup Utility

3. 💾 Backup and Restore

4. 🌐 VLAN Configuration & Verification

5. 📡 Self IP Configuration

6. 🔐 Port Lockdown

7. 🧮 Interface Status Monitoring

8. 🧩 Node/Pool/Virtual Server Configuration

9. 🧪 Load Balancing (Static & Dynamic Methods)

10. 🔀 Priority Group Activation

11. 🌐 DNAT & Full Proxy Lab

12. 📦 SNAT Labs (Static, Pool, Automap)

13. 🔁 NAT - Bypass, Outbound, Same Subnet

14. 🔍 Monitoring Labs (All Types)

15. 🧷 Persistence Labs (Source & Cookie)

16. 🔗 SSL Offloading & OneConnect

17. 🧱 Packet Filter, TMSH, SNMP

18. ⚙️ iApps, iRule, QKView, iHealth

19. 📡 IPv6 & Mgmt Tools

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