Citrix (NetScaler) ADC 12.x Essentials and Traffic Management (CNS-220) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Getting Started

  • Introduction to NetScaler
  • Feature and Platform Overview
  • Deployment Options
  • Architectural Overview
  • Setup and Management

Module 2: Basic Networking

  • Networking Topology
  • NetScaler Components
  • Routing
  • Access Control Lists

Module 3: NetScaler Platforms

  • NetScaler MPX
  • NetScaler VPX
  • NetScaler CPX
  • NetScaler SDX

Module 4: High Availability

  • NetScaler High Availability
  • High Availability Configuration
  • Managing High Availability
  • Troubleshooting High Availability

Module 5: Load Balancing

  • Load Balancing Overview
  • Load Balancing Methods and Monitors
  • Load Balancing Traffic Types
  • Load Balancing Protection
  • Load Balancing Troubleshooting

Module 6: SSL Offload

  • SSL Overview
  • SSL Configuration
  • SSL Offload
  • Troubleshooting SSL Offload
  • SSL Vulnerabilities and Protections

Module 7: Securing the NetScaler

  • Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
  • Configuring External Authentication
  • Admin Partitions

Module 8: Troubleshooting

  • NetScaler Logging
  • Monitoring with SNMP
  • Reporting and Diagnostics
  • AppFlow Functions
  • NetScaler Management and Analytics System (MAS)
  • Troubleshooting

Module 9: Classic Policies

  • Policy Overview
  • Basics of Content Filtering

Module 10: Default Policies

  • Default Policy Overview
  • Default Expression Syntax
  • Policy Bindings
  • AppExpert Additional Features

Module 11: Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transformation

  • Rewrite Policies
  • Responder Policies
  • DNS Rewrite and Responder
  • URL Transformation
  • Module 12: Content Switching
  • Content Switching Overview
  • Content Switching Configuration

Module 13: Optimization

  • NetScaler Optimization Overview
  • HTTP Compression
  • Integrated Caching
  • Front-End Optimization

Module 14: Global Server Load Balancing

  • GSLB Overview
  • GSLB Architecture
  • Content-Switching GSLB
  • GSLB MEP and Monitoring
  • Customizing GSLB

Module 15: Clustering

  • NetScaler Clustering Overview
  • NetScaler Cluster Configuration