A10SA4.1 - System Administration 4.1

Overview

Duration: 2.0 days

Instructs Network Operators and System Administrators for deploying A10 ACOS devices in data center environments in preparation for additional application-oriented implementation. Provides the necessary foundation for teams continuing onto ACOS application courses.

Objectives

From a set of three blank ACOS devices, students build a system deployment with these attributes:

• Layer 2 – 3 environment including VLANs, and IP routing
• Device cluster environment with a single management point
• High availability with multiple active devices
• Multi-tenant environment with limited-scope administration
• Remote authentication and authorization

Students also use device tools that monitor, diagnose, and restore the system configuration.

Content

Initial ACOS Configuration

• Base system configuration through the CLI and GUI
• Backup and restore
• System upgrade
• Configuration profiles

Centralized Configuration Management: aVCS

• Clustering devices into a centralized chassis
• aVCS topology: vMaster and vBlade devices
• vMaster election and maintenance
• Staggered aVCS upgrade

High Availability: VRRP-A

• Active-Standby mode and failover
• N+M deployments
• Active device selection

Application Delivery Partitions (ADP)

• Layer 3 Virtualization Partitions (L3V)
• Shared and public partitions
• Public and private objects

Role-Based Administration

• Admin account creation through the CLI and GUI
• Assigning privileges, passwords and access rights
• Roles: predefined and user-defined
• Session management

Authentication, Authorizing, and Accounting

• Using AAA servers to manage device and command access
• Account and command tracking

Control Plane Logging

• ACOS logging
• External logging and emailing events
• Events and thresholds

SNMP

• Monitoring ACOS devices remotely
• A10 MIBs
• Configuring traps
• OID discovery

aXAPI Overview

• aXAPI architecture and session flow
• API methods

Audience

• Network Operations
• Development Operations
• Network Security
• Students preparing for Application Courses

Prerequisites

• OSI reference model
• Network topology and administration
• An industry-standard switching and routing CLI

Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.