F5 Networks Troubleshooting BIG-IP

This course gives networking professionals hands-on knowledge of how to troubleshoot a BIG-IP system using a number of troubleshooting techniques as well as troubleshooting and system tools. This course includes lectures, labs, and discussions.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply a structured, bottom-to-top troubleshooting methodology to identify and resolve issues with virtual servers, pools, and network traffic.

• Inspect and analyze BIG-IP system components to determine traffic flow and pinpoint failure points.

• Use BIG-IP tools (Configuration Utility, tmsh, iHealth, tcpdump, log files) to collect diagnostic data and isolate problems.

• Validate configuration objects such as VLANs, self IPs, and routes to ensure proper connectivity.

• Troubleshoot load-balancing behavior and pool member availability.

• Examine SSL/TLS profiles and certificates to resolve traffic security issues.

• Diagnose application delivery failures using statistics, session data, and logging.

• Interpret iRules for debugging and troubleshooting traffic manipulation.

• Restore BIG-IP configurations and archives to recover from errors or misconfigurations.

• Apply best practices to systematically document findings and corrective actions.

This course assumes that you have successfully completed the Administering BIG-IP course, or equivalent, and have hands-on experience working in a production BIG-IP environment for several months. You should have a solid understanding of the environment in which the BIG-IP is deployed. This course is meant for BIG-IP administrators, network engineers, applications engineers, etc., who will be responsible for troubleshooting problems associated with their BIG-IP system.

Administering BIG-IP, OSI model, TCP/IP addressing and routing, WAN, LAN environments, and server redundancy concepts; or having achieved TMOS Administration Certification