Final Day of F5 Training

I know this post is not related to cisco but i was sitting here in the course and had a break so thought that i havent been able to blog for a while as been really busy at work. Last 3 days i have been on the F5 LTM Course. We have few F5's at work so work finally decided to pay for our F5 training.

The course was divided in 2 parts.

1) BIG-IP LTM V9.4 Essentials
2) BIG-IP LTM V9.4 Advanced.

The first two days were basic stuff where we learnt how the F5 works and how does it do Load Balancing. Then we did some labs on the different methods of Load Balancing. The second day we did irules, NAT'S, SNAT's. I think the F5 is quite a smart box and can do a lot of things

The next two days were the advanced ones where we worked on what we learnt from the Essentials course. We did some advanced Irules and advanced SNAT's and NAT's. Then we did how to create Virtual Servers and assigning some Pools to that and getting the Load Balancing work on the way Pools work. Today being the last day we are working on the Administration and some Advanced Profiles and then we have a final lab project where all of what we have learnt will be put to test.

Its been a great week of learning. i know you guys must be getting bored. So i am signing off for the day and i promise to keep my blog updated as much i can.

Well Done Omkar

On Saturday go an email from Omkar Tambalkar ( We did Narbik's Bootcamp together) and he has passed his CCIE R & S. Here is what OMKAR had to say.

Hello everybody,

I took the test at San Jose this week and it was an surreal experience, I passed and got #####. The whole experience has been great. I was planning to take the test in Feb 09 but work comittments and deadlines caused me to drop the ball and I rescheduled it for July 09.

Narbik, your bootcamp was awesome, it really helped me solidify the concepts and pass the lab!!

Cheers,

Omkar

So Well done again Omkar and wish you best of luck for the next one (SECURITY).

Got an update from IPEXPERT

Got an update from Drew at IPEXPERT and here is what they say

Hello Vivek,

We went ahead and re added the updated R&S files. We are aware of an issue with the by section files that our developers are working as fast as possible to fix. In the mean time we ask that customers download the full volume 1 PDF until the by section files are working.

So hopefully the issue will be fixed soon. Thanks Drew. Will keep everyone posted when i have full access to the new files.