Course Overview
This course uses lectures and hands-on exercises to give participants real-time experience in configuring and using the BIG-IQ® product. Students are introduced to BIG-IQ, its interface, and its various functionality.
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for system and network administrators or operators responsible for the installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IQ system or management of BIG-IP devices and F5 products running on those devices.
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Agenda
1 - BIG-IQ Overview
- BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- BIG-IQ Components
- BIG-IQ Core Functionality
- REST API
- BIG-IQ Data Collection Device (DCD)
- BIG-IP Cloud Edition (CE)
- Setting up the BIG-IQ System
2 - Administering the BIG-IQ System
- Controlling Access to the BIG-IQ
- Creating, Authenticating, Configuring Users
- Backups
- Local Host Settings
- Configuring DNS, NTP, and SMTP
- Monitoring BIG-IQ, DCD, and BIG-IP Events with Alerts
- Monitoring BIG-IQ with iHealth
- Post Installation Issues; Licensing, Changing Management IP, Master Key, Restoring Backups
3 - Managing BIG-IP LTM Devices
- BIG-IP LTM Device Discovery
- BIG-IP Device Backup
- Deploying to BIG-IP Devices
- Deployment and Deployment Logs
- Configuration Snapshots
- Managing BIG-IP Certificates
- Managing BIG-IP Licenses
- Monitoring BIG-IP Devices with iHealth
- Management of QKView Reports from Managed BIG-IP Devices
4 - Setting Up the BIG-IQ Data Collection Device