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Introduction to Web Switching and Load Balancing

TRNG-0202      Course duration (days): 2
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About this class

The TRNG-202 course is a comprehensive study of the layer 4 through 7 features of Foundry Networks ServerIron Products. The student gains hands on experience in configuration of typical installations with the ServerIron product. Lecture topics are supported with real world labs involving: Source NAT, Direct Server Return, Active- Active Server Load Balancing, Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB) and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB).

Who will the lesson benefit?

The course is designed for:

  • Network Engineers from customers and resellers who are new to the Foundry Networks' products.
  • Network Administrators responsible for implementing and managing small to large business networks
  • Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support for a local to global sized business environment
  • Candidates preparing for the Foundry Networks Certified Network Engineer (FNCNE) or the Foundry Networks Certified Layer 4-7 Engineer (FNCL4-7E).

What delegates will learn

At the end of this course the student will be able to:

  • Identify where Foundry ServerIron Products are used in a Typical Data Network
  • Configure ServerIrons in Layer 4 through 7 applications
  • Incorporate fault tolerance and high availability at:
  • The local level with multiple servers that failover
  • The public address level with Multiple Virtual IP addresses (VIPs) that failover
  • The global level with multiple business sites that failover
  • Understand Content Redirection to cache servers without configuring a browser proxy
  • Configure Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB)
  • Understand Policy Based Switching keying on SSL ID, cookie, or URL parsing

Prerequistites

To fully benefit from this course you should posses a working knowledge of the listed technologies:

  • Foundry Networks Command Line Interface
  • How to address Foundry Router Interfaces
  • Domain Name Service (DNS)
  • The Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model
  • The classification of TCP/UDP traffic based on port number
  • The structure of a URL address (Prefix / Pattern / Suffix)
  • Or have attended the Basic Switch / Router Configuration and Management course (TRNG-0103 / FOU0002)

Contents of this class

  • Intro to ServerIron
  • Configuring Server Load Balancing (SLB)
  • Advanced Features of SLB
  • Sample Designs of SLB
  • Transparent Cache Switching (TCS)
  • Configuring (TCS)
  • Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB)
  • Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
  • Policy Based Switching