CODE: F5N_BIG-AFM
LENGTH: 16 Hours (2 days)
PRICE: £1,595.00
This 2-day course uses lectures and hands-on lab exercises to give participants real-time experience in setting up and configuring the BIG-IP® Advanced Firewall Manager system.
Students are introduced to the AFM user interface, stepping through various options that demonstrate how AFM is configured to build a network firewall and to detect and protect against DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. Reporting and log facilities are also explained and used in the course labs.
Further Firewall functionality and additional DoS facilities for DNS and SIP traffic are discussed.
Course Topics
This course is intended for system and network administrators responsible for the configuration and ongoing administration of a BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) system.
Students must complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
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The following free web-based courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience.
The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course:
The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course:
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Setting up the BIG-IP System
Chapter 2: AFM Overview
Chapter 3: Network Firewall
Chapter 4: Logs
Chapter 5: IP Intelligence
Chapter 6: DoS Protection
Chapter 7: Reports
Chapter 8: DoS White Lists
Chapter 9: DoS Sweep Flood Protection
Chapter 10: IP Intelligence Shun
Chapter 11: DNS Firewall
Chapter 12: DNS DoS
Chapter 13: SIP DoS
Chapter 14: Port Misuse
Chapter 15: Network Firewall iRules
Chapter 16: Recap
Chapter 17: Additional Training and Certification
Other courses available:
F5N_BIG-LTM-CFG-3, Configuring BIG-IP LTM: Local Traffic Manager v.16.1
F5N_BIG-DNS-I, Configuring BIG-IP DNS (formerly GTM) v.16.1
F5N_BIG-AWF-CFG, Configuring F5 Advanced WAF (previously licensed as ASM) v16.1
F5N_BIG-EGW-APM, Configuring BIG-IP APM: Access Policy Manager v.16.1
F5N_BIG-IRULE-CFG, Developing iRules for BIG-IP v.16.1
F5N_BIG-TRBL-INT2, Troubleshooting BIG-IP v.16.1
Course Changes since v15
Updates for the v16.1 release are minor. Course material including student guide and labs steps have been updated to reflect the version change and for any product changes to GUI appearance and screen options.