| 1 | Introducing and Deploying Citrix NetScaler | NetScaler Request Switching
Product Features
Identifying NetScaler 9.0 Enhancements
Product Editions
Hardware Platforms
Hardware Components
Deployment Scenarios
Identifying Deployment Considerations
Identifying Network Placement Options |
| 2 | Performing an Initial Configuration | Management Connectivity
NetScaler Administrative Tools
Using the Configuration Utility
Using the Command-Line Interface
Monitoring the NetScaler System
Managing System Functions Through FreeBSD
Using Third-Party Tools
NetScaler System Installation
Logging in to the NetScaler System
Setting up the NetScaler System
Changing the Password
Performing Initial Configuration
Saving the Configuration
Enabling Network Time Protocol
NetScaler Management
Performing an Upgrade
Managing Licensing
Enabling NetScaler Features
Managing Role-Based Administration
NetScaler System Communication
Security Management
Securing Internal Services
Configuring Secure System Access |
| 3 | Networking | Introduction to NetScaler Networking
NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses
Routing Traffic Using Layer 3 Mode
Switching Traffic Using Layer 2 Mode
Sending a Client IP Address to Servers
Virtual Local Area Networks
Network Address Translation
Configuring Reverse Network Address Translation
Access Control Lists
Configuring Access Control Lists
Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
| 4 | Configuring High Availability | Introduction to High Availability
High Availability Node Configuration
Configuring Nodes
Verifying High Availability Status
Propagation and Synchronization
Performing a Forced Failover
High Availability Management
Failover Interface Set |
| 5 | Configuring Load Balancing | Load-Balancing Topology
Entity Management
Creating Servers
Creating Services
Creating Virtual Servers
Creating Entity Templates
Service Monitoring
Identifying Monitor Parameters
Performing HTTP Monitoring
Load-Balancing Methods
Service Weights
Entity Binding
Session Persistence
Other Load-Balancing Options
Other Load-Balancing Methods
Load Balancing Visualizer |
| 6 | Monitoring and Maintaining Load Balancing | Load-Balancing Traffic Types
Extended Content Verification (ECV) Monitors
Performing HTTP-INLINE Monitoring
Setting Monitor Thresholds
Token and Hashing-Based Load Balancing
Configuring Load Monitors
Service and Virtual Server Management
Troubleshooting Load-Balancing |
| 7 | Configuring SSL Offload | SSL and Digital Certificates
SSL Offload
Server Certificates
SSL Deployment Decisions
Deploying Front-End SSL with Back-End HTTP
Deploying Front-End SSL with Back-End SSL
Deploying Front-End SSL_TCP with Back-End TCP
Deploying SSL_BRIDGE
SSL Administration
Generating a Key
Generating a Certificate Signing Request
Generating a Certificate for Testing
Creating a Certkey
Binding a Certkey
Advanced SSL Settings |
| 8 | Configuring Content Filtering Using Classic Policies | Policy Basics
HTTP and HTTPS Traffic
Expression Structures
Qualifiers, Operators and Expression Values
Identifying Simple Expressions
Identifying Compound Expressions
Introduction to Content Filtering
Filter Actions
Configuring Content Filtering
Binding Filters |
| 9 | Configuring Content Switching | Introduction to Content Switching
Content-Switching Virtual Servers
Content-Switching Policies
Binding Content-Switching Policies |
| 10 | Configuring Compression | Introduction to Compression
Compression Parameters
Compression Policies
Configuring Compression Policies |
| 11 | Auditing and Logging | Syslog and Nslog Auditing
Configuring Audit Servers
Configuring Global Auditing Parameters
Configuring Auditing Policies
Binding Auditing Policies
Viewing Audit Messages
NetScaler Log Management |
| 12 | Monitoring | Simple Network Management Protocol
SNMPv1 and SNMPv2
Configuring SNMP Managers
Configuring the MIB System Variables
Configuring SNMP Community Strings
Configuring SNMP Traps
Configuring SNMP Alarms
SNMPv3
Dashboard
Identifying the Dashboard Components
Navigating the Dashboard
Customizing the Built-in Comparative Charts Pane
Customizing the Group Monitoring Pane
Reporting Tool
Monitoring Tool |
| 13 | Configuring Global Server Load Balancing | GSLB Concepts
Defining Metric Exchange Protocol Communication
Introducing GSLB Persistence
Introducing GSLB Site Affinity
DNS Concepts
Configuring DNS Virtual Servers
Configuring Service Type DNS
Introducing Authoritative DNS Service
Introducing GSLB DNS Response Options
GSLB Configurations
Implementing Traditional GSLB
Implementing GSLB Failover for Disaster Recovery
Implementing Proximity-Based GSLB
Configuring GSLB (Command-Line Interface)
Configuring GSLB Services (Configuration Utility)
Configuring ADNS
Synchronizing GSLB Configurations Automatically |
| 14 | Using Advanced Policies | NetScaler Policy Overview
Understanding Packet Processing Flow
Understanding Policies
Identifying Advanced Policy Expressions
Advanced Policy Expression Syntax
Actions
Policy Bindings
Understanding Bind Points
Using the Policy Manager
Understanding Policy Labels
Using Pattern Sets
Typecasting |
| 15 | Configuring Rewrite, Responder and URL Transformation | Rewrite, Responder and URL Transformation Overview
Identifying Packet Processing Flow
Basic Configurations: Policies and Actions
Configuring Rewrite Actions
Configuring Rewrite Policies
Understanding Responder Actions
Configuring Responder Policies
Configuring URL Transformation
Troubleshooting URL Transformation |
| 16 | Configuring Integrated Caching | Integrated Caching Architecture
Static and Dynamic Content
Request and Response Process Flow
Cache Policies
Cache Policy Evaluation
Making Graceful Configuration Changes
Cache Content Groups
Controlling Content Aging
Content Group Settings
Enabling FlashCache
Setting Global Attributes
Managing Caching
Caching Examples |
| 17 | Configuring Rate Limiting | Rate Control
Identifying Rate-Limiting Components
Configuring Rate Control
Rate Control Policy Scenarios |
| 18 | Configuring AppExpert Templates | AppExpert Templates
Using the Application Interface
Planning for Applications
AppExpert Template Deployment
Viewing Application Template Statistics |
| 19 | Troubleshooting the NetScaler | NetScaler System Overview
Logged Information
Accessing Logged Information
Network Traffic Capture
Statistics |