• Build the BIG-IQ system. Perform the initial setup, licensing and configuration, then connect it to the network so it’s ready for use
• Take an overall look at the BIG-IQ product suite. What does it include, how does it approach BIG-IP centralized management
• With the BIG-IQ configured, connect and explore system features including the necessary initial tasks and associated steps
• Bring your BIG-IP devices running LTM under central management by BIG-IQ. Discover their current configuration and create and deploy new traffic passing objects to them
• The BIG-IQ needs a DCD to manage BIG-IP statistics and log data, see how to set it up and link it to the BIG-IQ system
• Take a deeper look into user accounts on BIG-IQ and see how to create very granular accounts which limit user access
• BIG-IP allows multiple devices to be configured into clusters. Learn how BIG-IQ remotely manages these clusters
• Configure two existing BIG-IQ systems into an active-standby pair. Create and synchronize configuration objects, fail the pair over, de-configure the pair and return them to standalone systems.

BIG-IQ Overview

• BIG-IQ Centralized Management
• BIG-IQ Approach
• BIG-IQ Core Functionality
• REST API
• BIG-IQ Data Collection Device (DCD)
• BIG-IP Cloud Edition (CE)
• Setting Up the BIG-IQ System

Administering the BIG-IQ System

• Controlling Access to the BIG-IQ
• Creating, Authenticating, Configuring Users and their Roles
• System Backups
• Configuring DNS, NTP, and SMTP
• Monitoring the BIG-IQ, DCD, and BIG-IP events and alerts
• Monitoring BIG-IQ with iHealth
• Post Installation Issues; Licensing, Changing Management IP, Master Key, Restoring Backups
• Managing BIG-IP LTM Devices
• BIG-IP LTM Device Discovery
• BIG-IP Device Backup
• Deploying to BIG-IP Devices, Various Methods and Logs
• BIG-IQ Configuration Snapshots
• Managing BIG-IP Certificates
• Managing BIG-IP Licenses
• Monitoring BIG-IP Devices with iHealth
• Management of QKView Reports from Managed BIG-IP Devices
• Setting Up the BIG-IQ Data Collection Device
• Custom Role Types and Groups
• Setting up User Accounts with custom roles and privileges
• Managing BIG-IP DSC
• Discovery and management of BIG-IP Device Clusters (DSC) with BIG-IQ
• Administering BIG-IQ High Availability
• Configuration and management of BIG-IQ systems in a High Availability pair

The course is for system and network administrators responsible for the installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the BIG-IQ system. Or, it can be undertaken by operators who require some knowledge of how the systems are setup, but usually concentrate on performing particular operational tasks whether on BIG-IQ or via BIG-IQ on the managed BIG-IP devices.

Students must complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:

• Administering BIG-IP (ILT)
• F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator

Suggested Prework

The following free Self-Directed Training (SDT) courses, although optional, are helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience:

• Getting Started with BIG-IP
• Getting Started with Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
• Getting Started with BIG-IQ

The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course:

• OSI model encapsulation
• Routing and switching
• TCP/IP concepts
• IP addressing and subnetting
• Network firewalls
• LAN vs. WAN
• HTTP Protocol
• Security and Authentication