CNS-203-1 Basic Administration for Citrix Netscaler 9.2

    

Summary:
Basic Administration for Citrix NetScaler 9.2 covers the initial configuration and administration of Citrix NetScaler 9.2. Learners gain an understanding of NetScaler features such as load balancing, SSL offload, classic and advanced expressions, rate limiting and AppExpert templates. Through an interactive course, simulations, hands-on labs and exercises, learners are guided through administrator tasks preparing them to manage Citrix NetScaler 9.2 deployments. This course also provides information on the NetScaler 9.3 features.

Duration:
5 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is intended for system administrators or network operations personnel who configure and administer Citrix NetScaler products.

Topics:

• Introducing and deploying Citrix NetScaler
• Networking
• Configuring load balancing
• Configuring SSL offload
• Configuring Global Server Load Balancing
• Using AppExpert Classic to optimize traffic
• Using AppExpert for responder, rewrite, and URL transform
• Using AppExpert for content switching
• Using AppExpert Advanced to optimize traffic

Prerequisites:
Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners have the following knowledge:
Intermediate knowledge of TCP/IP and HTTP protocols and an understanding of the OSI model
Experience with network devices, networking protocols and aspects of application and site
architecture
Moderate exposure to UNIX or Linux
Exposure to basic systems administration concepts, including logging, software upgrade procedures and high availability operations
Familiarity with web server software
Knowledge of network security threats and site protection concepts

Last Update: May 20, 2012