Detailed Course Outline
This course includes approximately 15 hours of instruction time, hands-on labs and several discrete and sequential modules that walk you through the materials covered:
- Module 1: Gigamon Solution Overview
- Gigamon Platform
- GigaVUE FM, HC3, HC2, TA
- Network TAPs
- Module 2: Deployment, Planning and Installation of Gigamon Solution Components
- Visibility challenges
- Aggregate packets
- Tunnelling traffic
- Share packets
- Optimize traffic
- De-duplication
- Performance Metrics
- Filtering
- Flow mapping
- Module 3: Understanding Traffic Sources
- Traffic source
- SPAN / Mirror
- TAPs
- Module 4: Preparing for a Gigamon Solution Deployment
- Port count
- GigaSMART
- GigaVUE H Series
- GigaVUE TA Series
- SSL decryption
- Module requirements
- Module 5: Gigamon Solution Installation and Initial Configuration
- Installation and configuration
- Cable management
- CLI commands
- Port setup
- Module 6: Configuring Clustering
- Clustering
- Checklist
- Plan the cluster
- Port considerations
- Diagram the cluster
- Module 7: The Principles of Flow Mapping
- Network packet broker basics
- Filtering
- Flow mapping
- Module 8: GigaSMART Overview
- GigaSMART traffic intelligence
- GigaSMART flow and session level intelligence
- SSL Decryption
- SSL functionality