Introduction to Web Switching and Load Balancing

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Course Overview

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).

Audience

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).

Skills Gained

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)

Course Outline

• 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

Introduction to Web Switching and Load Balancing / TRNG-0202