Course Overview
Today’s applications demand speed, reliability, and security, and that starts with effective traffic management. F5 BIG-IP sits at the heart of enterprise networks, enabling load balancing, application delivery, and security services at scale. But unlocking its full potential requires more than just plugging it in.
In this immersive, hands-on course, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of how the BIG-IP system works and how to configure it for real-world application delivery. From setting up your first virtual server to configuring health monitors, SNATs, and persistence profiles, you’ll develop the skills needed to support and maintain BIG-IP environments with confidence.
Through a mix of expert-led instruction, interactive demos, and practical labs, this course equips you to take control of BIG-IP administration and optimize your organization’s application performance and availability.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to confidently manage and administer F5 BIG-IP systems to support critical application delivery needs. You’ll leave with hands-on experience and the skills to perform essential tasks in production environments.
- Set up, license, and configure the BIG-IP system
- Build and manage virtual servers, pools, and nodes
- Apply and manage profiles for optimized traffic handling
- Use monitors, SNATs, and persistence methods effectively
- Administer common tasks using the Configuration utility and TMSH
- Perform backup, restore, and basic troubleshooting
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for network administrators, operators, and engineers responsible for managing the normal day-to-day operation and administration of a BIG-IP application delivery network. This course presents the prerequisite knowledge for many other of F5’s BIG-IP instructor-led training courses.
Course Prerequisites
- A solid understanding of the OSI model
- Familiarity with TCP/IP addressing and routing
- Basic knowledge of LAN/WAN environments
- Understanding of server redundancy and high availability concepts
What’s included?
- Authorized Courseware
- Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
- Hands-on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
- Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing- (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
- Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
- Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation
With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.
Methods
- Instructor-Led (the best training format we offer)
- Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor-Led
- Self-Paced Video
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| Start | Finish | Public Price | Public Enroll | Private Price | Private Enroll |
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| 12/8/2025 | 12/12/2025 | ||||
| 12/29/2025 | 1/2/2026 | ||||
| 1/19/2026 | 1/23/2026 | ||||
| 2/9/2026 | 2/13/2026 | ||||
| 3/2/2026 | 3/6/2026 | ||||
| 3/23/2026 | 3/27/2026 | ||||
| 4/13/2026 | 4/17/2026 | ||||
| 5/4/2026 | 5/8/2026 | ||||
| 5/25/2026 | 5/29/2026 | ||||
| 6/15/2026 | 6/19/2026 | ||||
| 7/6/2026 | 7/10/2026 | ||||
| 7/27/2026 | 7/31/2026 | ||||
| 8/17/2026 | 8/21/2026 | ||||
| 9/7/2026 | 9/11/2026 | ||||
| 9/28/2026 | 10/2/2026 | ||||
| 10/19/2026 | 10/23/2026 | ||||
| 11/9/2026 | 11/13/2026 | ||||
| 11/30/2026 | 12/4/2026 | ||||
| 12/21/2026 | 12/25/2026 | ||||
| 1/11/2027 | 1/15/2027 |
Agenda
Duration
2 Days
Module 1: Setting Up the BIG-IP System
- Introduction to the BIG-IP system and architecture
- Initial setup and licensing
- User roles and administrative access
Module 2: Traffic Processing Concepts
- Overview of configuration objects
- Virtual servers, pools, and nodes
- Load balancing behavior and traffic flow
Module 3: Monitoring and Traffic Management
- Creating and applying health monitors
- Overview of profiles and their uses
- Optimizing traffic with profiles
Module 4: Address Translation and Persistence
- SNAT configuration and use cases
- Persistence methods and deployment
- Using connection mirroring
Module 5: Managing Application Services
- Introduction to iApps for app deployment
- Creating and customizing iApps
- Monitoring and troubleshooting applications
Module 6: Administration and Maintenance
- Backups, restores, and configuration archives
- Using logs and statistics for troubleshooting
- Basic command-line tasks with TMSH
