PART 1: F5 LTM (Basics)

• Basics   of    Netowrking
• Introduction    to    LTM
• Base of Configuration of LTM 
• Deploying a  Web  Application
• Understanding Load-balancing Methods
• Understanding     SNAT
• Fundamentals   of  Profiles
• Introduction  to  persistence
• One Armed Mode

PART 2: F5 LTM (Advanced)

• iRule
• High Availability
• Troubleshooting LTM

PART  3:   Bonus    Topics

• CLI Configuration
• Software Upgrade
• Miscellaneous Topics

PART 4: Conclusion

PART 1: F5 LTM (Basics)
Basics of Networking

• TCP/IP Model
• Operation of L2 Device (Switch)
• Operation of L3 Device (Router)
• TCP Session Establishment and Termination
• End to End Communication

Introduction to LTM

• Introduction to Load balancing
• Concepts of Node, Pool-member, Pool and Virtual-servers
• Introduction to Health Monitors

 Base of Configuration of LTM

• VLANs, Interface Tagging
• Adding Static/Default Route
• Configuring Date and Time
• Self IPs and Floating IPs
• Creating a user account

Deploying a Web Application

• Configuring node, pool and virtual-server

Understanding Load-balancing Methods

• Static Load balancing Methods
• Round-robin
• Ratio
• Dynamic Load-balancing Methods
• Dynamic Ratio
• Fastest
• Least Connection
• Observed
• Predictive
• Priority Based Group Activation

Understanding SNAT

• SNAT Automap
• SNAT Pool
• Preserving source-port

Fundamentals of Profiles

• SSL Profile
• HTTP Profile
• One-Connect Profile
• Persistence Profiles

Introduction to persistence

• Source IP based persistence
• Cookie based persistence

One Armed Mode
PART 2: F5 LTM (Advanced)
iRule

• What is an iRule?
• Some Basic iRules for understanding
• HTTP to HTTPs Redirection
• Alias Creation
• Pool Selection Manipulation

 High Availability

• Introduction to High Availability
• Configuring HA pair
• Testing Redundancy
• Configuration Synchronization
• Connection Mirroring and Persistence Table Mirroring
• VLAN Safe

Troubleshooting LTM

• Understanding Traffic Statistics
• Status Indicators
• Connection Table
• Packet Capturing Using TCPDUMP
• CURL Utility
• LTM Logs
• QKview File
• F5 Support
• Taking configuration Backup and Restoring Config From Backup

PART 3: Bonus Topics
CLI Configuration

• Creating Node, Pool and Virtual-server
• Deleting Node, Pool and Virtual-server
• Creating Health Monitor
• Creating SSL profile
• MD5 Verification of  "SSL key" and "SSL Cert"
• Taking Configuration Backup
• Restoring Configuration from Backup
• Configuration Synchronization
• Creating VLANs
• Creating Trunk (Port-Channel)

Software Upgrade

• Licensing F5
• F5 Software upgrade (Standalone Device)
• F5 Software Upgrade (HA Pair)

Miscellaneous Topics

• Packet Filtering on F5
• Partitions
• Introduction to BIG IP Modules
• File Systems
• Types of Virtual-server
• Virtual-server Order of Operation

PART 4: Conclusion

• Quick Summary of all chapters
• Assistance in Setting up LAB
• Interview Question Discussion
• Certification Guidance