F5 Configuring BIG-IQ

Course Description

Learn how to deploy and operate BIG-IQ to centrally manage BIG-IP devices. Using a mix of lectures and hands-on lab exercises, gain real-time experience in first setting up and administering the BIG-IQ and BIG-IQ Data Collection Device (DCD) systems, examining the BIG-IQ approach to managing BIG-IP devices, then using it to discover and take remote management control of these devices and their associated BIG-IP LTM product modules. Along the way, learn about software deployment, backup and restore, DNS, NTP, and SMTP configurations, editing and deployment of LTM network traffic passing objects, and central monitoring and reporting. Lastly, delve into other system configurations, like building a BIG-IQ High Availability (HA) pair and managing multiple BIG-IP devices configured in a cluster.

Target Audience

This course is intended for system and network administrators who are responsible for the installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IQ system. It is also suitable for operators who require a foundational understanding of how the systems are set up but primarily focus on performing specific operational tasks, either on BIG-IQ or through BIG-IQ on the managed BIG-IP devices. Whether you are a system administrator looking to gain expertise in managing BIG-IQ or an operator needing to perform operational tasks, this course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively deploy and administer the BIG-IQ system.

Prerequisites

BIG-IQ manages BIG-IP devices and its associated products, so you need to be familiar with BIG-IP as well as having knowledge and experience of general network technology. For BIG-IP, students should have already completed a BIG-IP based training course such as the Administering BIG-IP instructor-led course or further courses.