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FNCL4-7E Exam Preparation

The FNCL4-7E exam validates knowledge and experience across several networking areas. Topics addressed in the exam include:

1.0 Intro to ServerIron
1.1 Overview of ServerIron Products
1.2 Describe Layer 4 Switching
1.3 Describe Server Load Balancing
1.4 Describe Layer 4 Security Issues
2.0 Configuring Server Load Balancing (SLB)
2.1 Describe a Basic SLB Configuration
2.2 Execute Show server commands
2.3 Perform Basic SLB Lab
2.4 Perform an Active Standby SLB Lab
2.5 Describe Filters
2.6 Perform Source NAT Lab
3.0 Additional Features of SLB
3.1 Describe Switch Back (DSR)
3.2 Perform a DSR Lab
3.3 Describe Multiple Virtual IP addresses
3.4 Perform Active-Active Lab
3.5 Describe Remote Server Farms
4.0 Sample Designs of SLB
5.0 Transparent Cache Switching (TCS)
5.1 Describe the Benefits of TCS
5.2 Describe Web caching
5.3 Describe TCS Applications
6.0 Configuring (TCS)
6.1 Basic TCS layout
6.2 Define Output policies
6.3 Define Cache Servers
6.4 Define Cache Groups
6.5 Define Cache Traffic Distribution
6.6 Filtering Cache Traffic
7.0 Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB)
7.1 Describe the benefits of Firewall Load Balancing
7.2 Describe Types of Firewalls
7.3 Review a Basic FWLB example
7.4 Describe Show FW commands
7.5 Perform a Basic FWLB Lab
7.6 Review Sample FWLB Designs
7.7 Describe Stateful FWLB
8.0 Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
8.0 Describe GSLB
8.1 Describe GSLB Benefits
8.2 Describe GSLB Site Predictor Metric
8.3 Describe a Configuration example
8.4 Perform a GSLB Lab (3 Sites)
9.0 Policy Based Switching
9.0 Describe Cookie Based Switching
9.1 Describe Cookie Based Hashing
9.2 Describe SSL Session ID Switching
9.3 Describe URL Switching