This 2-day course gives networking professionals a functional understanding of the BIG-IP DNS system as it is commonly used.
The course covers configuration and ongoing management of the BIG-IP DNS system, and includes a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on labs.
Course Topics
- Overview of the Domain Name System and DNS resolution flow through BIG-IP DNS
- Configuring DNS listeners
- Accelerating DNS resolution with DNS Express, DNS cache, and DNS server load balancing
- Intelligent DNS resolution with wide IPs and wide IP pools
- Using probes and metrics to assist the intelligent DNS resolution process
- Intelligent DNS load balancing methods
- Monitoring intelligent DNS resources
- Logging GSLB load balancing decisions
- Using DNSSEC
- Integrating iRules in the DNS resolution process
- Managing BIG-IP DNS sync groups