Course Content
The Gigamon Visibility and Analytics Fabric is an essential element in any monitoring or security strategy. This 1-day course focuses how to best design and implement the Gigamon Inline Bypass Solution. Training is conducted through comprehensive discussions, real-world use cases, and practical hands-on labs. If you are planning on implementing Classic or Flexible inline solutions as part of your Gigamon deployment, this is a great additional day of training to help you achieve success.
Who should attend
The primary target audiences for the course are:
- Security Ops teams that need to understand how Gigamon Inline Bypass Solutions function in relation to designing and deploying solutions utilizing these features.
- Network Ops teams that are familiar with Gigamon, and will be implementing a Classic or Flexible Inline Bypass solution. These include roles like architects, admins, and operators.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Requirement: Customers must have knowledge of or have taken the Gigamon Foundations I: Insight into Network Data Across Your Network (GFD1) course before they take this one-day course. As a follow-on course to the Gigamon Foundations I course, learners are expected to already possess these skills, abilities, and knowledge:
- Basic Flow Mapping
- GigaVUE-FM Navigation
Course Objectives
- Understand the different uses for Classic and Flexible inline solutions
- Learn design considerations important when implementing an inline bypass solution
- Implement Classic and Flexible inline solutions
- Understand how to implement inline resiliency
- Learn best practices and how to overcome common challenges
Outline: Gigamon Designing and Implementing Inline Bypass Solutions (ILB SOLUTIONS)
Module 1: Gigamon Solution Overview
- Network Packet Broker concepts
- Gigamon Platform
- Inline Bypass module options
Module 2: Inline Bypass Overview
- Inline Solutions: Tools and Challenges Overview
- Inline Bypass Benefits
Module 3: Inline Bypass Foundations
- Inline Bypass Design Considerations
- Explicit versus Implicit Inline Behavior
- Asymmetric Traffic
Module 4: Classic Inline Bypass Overview (with Lab)
- Protected versus Unprotected
- Traffic Paths
- Tool Failure Detection
- Failover Options
- Inline Mapping Examples
Module 5: Flexible Inline Bypass Overview
- Flexible Inline Bypass Features
- Flexible Inline Bypass Design Discussion
Module 6: Designing and implementing Resilient Inline Bypass solutions
- Redundant Inline Network Architectures
- Gigamon Resilience for Inline Protection (GRIP) Configuration