Citrix NetScaler Essentials and Unified Gateway (CNS-222)

Course Overview

Designed for students with little or no previous NetScaler, NetScaler Gateway or Unified Gateway experience, this course is best suited for individuals who will be deploying or managing NetScaler, NetScaler Gateway, or Unified Gateway environments.

What’s New:

The course has been completely redeveloped and improves upon CNS-207: Implementing Citrix NetScaler 11 for App and Desktop Solutions via the following:

Improved course structure and flow to focus on NetScaler essentials for the first three days, and NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway features for the remaining two.

A new lab environment redesigned and built for enhanced performance.
Incorporated course feedback that has been gathered over the last year.
New content introduced throughout the course.

Part 1: Citrix NetScaler Essentials - Days 1-3 (SubCode CNS-218)

Learn the skills required to implement NetScaler components including secure Load Balancing, High Availability, and NetScaler Management. At the end of the course students will be able to configure their NetScaler environments to address traffic delivery and management requirements including load balancing, availability, and NetScaler operation management.

Part 2: Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway - Days 4-5 (SubCode CNS-221)

Learn the skills required to configure and manage NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway features, including how to implement Gateway components including NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway. At the end of the course students will be able to configure their NetScaler environments to address remote access requirements for Apps and Desktops.

Who Should Attend

Administrators
Implementers / Engineers
Architects

Course Certifications

Null

Prerequisites

CNS-102 NetScaler

Course Objectives

Identify the functionality and capabilities of the NetScaler
Explain basic NetScaler network architecture
Explain how SSL is used to secure the NetScaler
Configure Authentication and Authorization
Define End User Access and Experience
Integrate NetScaler Gateway with XenApp and XenDesktop
Integrate Unified Gateway with additional resources
Employ recommended tools and techniques to troubleshoot common NetScaler Gateway network and conenctivity issues

Course Content

Part 1: Days 1 - 3 (SubCode CNS-218)

Getting Started

Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionalities
Introduce NetScaler architecture
Discuss NetScaler hardware and components
Explore deployment and licensing options
Perform NetScaler setup and configuration

Basic Networking

Understand the purpose of NetScaler-Owned IP Addresses
Recognize the networkign topologies used with NetScaler
Explain the use of interfaces and VLANs during configuration
Discuss the available NetScaler routing and traffic-handling modes
Define Access Control Lists and how to configure them
Describe the Network Access Translation feature of NetScaler

NetScaler Platforms

Distinguish the hardware and use cases for the NetScaler MPX, VPX, and SDX
Discuss the multi-tenant structure of the NetScaler SDX
Illustrate the function and benefits of various SDX interface allocation scenarios
Identify the NetScaler SDX administrative components and their use

High Availability

Explain NetScaler capabilities and functionality
Introduce NetScaler architecture
Discuss NetScaler hardware and components
Explore deployment and licensing options
Perform NetScaler setup and configuration

Load Balancing

Describe the NetScaler load-balancing process and the role of entities
Identify the different load-balancing and monitoring options available on the NetScaler
Define the different traffic types that can be load balanced
Explain how monitoring and service options can be customized
Understand third-party load-balancing services on NetScaler
Distinguish the methods used to protect and troubleshoot a NetScaler load-balancing configuration

SSL Offload

Define SSL and how SSL Offload works
Explain the process of creating and uploading SSL Certificates
Demonstrate the creation of SSL virtual servers
Identify common SSL deployments
Describe some SSL Exploits and some of the NetScaler configuration settings that can prevent them

Securing the NetScaler

Define authentication, authorization, and auditing
Describe how to configure authentication and authorization on NetScaler
Identify the components and steps required to secure a NetScaler configuration
Summarize the use and benefits of Admin Partitions

Monitoring, Management, and Troubleshooting

Identify NetScaler Log issues
Monitor the NetScaler environment with Simple Network Management Protocol data
Leverage AppFlow, Command Center, and Insight features within the NetScaler environment
Utilize NetScaler troubleshooting tools

Part 2: Days 4 - 5 (SubCode CNS-221)

Unified Gateway

Understand the challenges of remote access
Understand the Unified Gateway feature and its role for application delivery
Configure Unified Gateway. o Understand the challenges of remote access
Understand the Unified Gateway feature and its role for application delivery

AppExpert Expressions and Policies

Identify policy expression structure and components of AppExpert
Distinguish between classic and default policies
Explain the types of policies available with NetScaler Gateway
Describe policy bind points

Authentication and Authorization

Understand Authentication to establish identity
Understand Authorization to provide access to resources
Customize multi-factor authentication
Deploy Authentication and Authorization policies

Managing Client Connections

Configure NetScaler Gateway plug-in with Citrix Receiver to establish VPN
Configure the access level and which applications users are allowed to access in the secure network
Configure pre-authentication policies and profiles to check for client-side security before end users are authenticated
Deploy NetScaler Gateway to allow end-user connections, including logon options
Explain how endpoint analysis is used to verify that the end-user device meets your requirements before allowing it to connect to your network or remain connected after end users log on

Integrating NetScaler with XenApp and XenDesktop

Understand NetScaler Gateway Integration with XenApp/XenDesktop
Integrate with Web Interface and StoreFront
Explain WebFront
Enable Clientless Access and Receiver for ICA Proxy
Utilize SmartControl o Configure SmartAccess