I. Overview:

Master the deployment and usage of Citrix Application Delivery Management with this two-day management and optimization course. You’ll gain the skills needed to automate and manage network services for scale out of application architectures, and to optimize Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic. The curriculum focuses on centrally managing multiple Citrix ADC platforms, orchestrating configuration changes, reporting on transactions, visualizing infrastructure and planning infrastructure expansion. You will also learn how to implement Citrix ADC features, including caching, frontend optimization, Citrix ADC web logging and TCP/HTTP optimization, to optimize traffic managed by your Citrix networking environment.

II. Certification: None

III. Duration:  02 days

IV. Objectives:

What you’ll learn:

• Manage multiple Citrix ADC platforms centrally
• Orchestrate configuration changes
• Report on transactions passing through the Citrix ADC environment
• Visualize infrastructure and plan expansion

V. Intended Audience:

This course is designed for students with previous Citrix ADC experience, and best suited for individuals who will be deploying Citrix Application Delivery Management to administer a Citrix Networking environment or optimize Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic.

VI. Prerequisites:

Recommended pre-requisite courses: CNS-220 Citrix ADC 12.x Essentials and Traffic Management, or CNS-222 Citrix ADC 12.x Essentials and Citrix Gateway

VII. Course outlines:

1.      Module 1: Citrix Application Delivery Management Introduction

• An introduction to Application Delivery Management
• Application Delivery Management Deployment and Configuration
• Deploying Application Delivery Management in High Availability
• Application Delivery Management Instance Management

2.      Module 2: Managing and Monitoring Application Delivery Management

• An introduction to Application Delivery Management
• Application Delivery Management Deployment and Configuration
• Deploying Application Delivery Management in High Availability
• Application Delivery Management Instance Management

3.      Module 3: Managing Citrix ADC Configuration

• Application Management
• StyleBooks
• Configuration Management

4.      Module 4: Citrix ADC Web Logging

• Understanding Web Traffic
• Installing and configuring Citrix ADC Web Logging
• Troubleshooting Citrix ADC Web Logging

5.      Module 5: Citrix ADC Integrated Caching

• Introduction to Integrated Caching
• Static and Dynamic Content
• Request and Response Process Flow
• Understanding Cache Policies
• Identifying Content Group Settings

6.      Module 6: Front-End Optimization

• Improving Content Delivery
• Front-End Optimization Use Cases
• Understanding Minification
• CSS Optimizations

7.      Module 7: Tuning and Optimizations

• Connections on the Citrix ADC
• Connection Profiles
• Queuing on the Citrix ADC
• Connection Tuning Practices