{"course":{"productid":33140,"modality":6,"active":true,"language":"en","title":"Administering VELOS","productcode":"VELOS","vendorcode":"F5","vendorname":"F5 Networks","fullproductcode":"F5-VELOS","courseware":{"has_ekit":false,"has_printkit":true,"language":""},"url":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/course\/f5networks-velos","objective":"<p>By the end of this course, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe VELOS system chassis-blade architecture<\/li><li>Describe F5OS platform layers<\/li><li>Configure chassis system controllers, chassis partitions, and BIG-IP tenants<\/li><li>Identify and resolve basic troubleshooting problems using tools such as LED indicators, log messages, and tcpdump<\/li><\/ul>","audience":"<p>This course is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the F5 VELOS system.<\/p>","contents":"<ul>\n<li>Introducing VELOS<\/li><li>Comparing VELOS to VIPRION<\/li><li>Setting Up VELOS System Controllers<\/li><li>Setting Up VELOS Chassis Partitions<\/li><li>Managing Tenants<\/li><li>Configure BIG-IP Tenant High Availability<\/li><li>Basic VELOS Troubleshooting<\/li><\/ul>","outline":"<h5>Chapter 1: Introducing VELOS<\/h5><p>Introducing Major Components<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CX410 Chassis<\/li><li>BX110 Blade<\/li><li>Blade Numbering<\/li><li>SX410 System Controller<\/li><li>System Controller Diagram\/Architecture<\/li><\/ul><p>Introducing Other Components<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Bezel<\/li><li>Power Supplies<\/li><li>Power Controllers<\/li><li>Fan Tray<\/li><\/ul><p>Key Concepts: Partitions and Tenants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defining Partitions<\/li><li>Multiple Single-Blade Partitions Example<\/li><li>Multi-Blade Partitions Example<\/li><li>Tenants<\/li><\/ul><p>VELOS Software Management Domains<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Management Domains<\/li><li>System Controller<\/li><li>Chassis Partition<\/li><li>Tenant<\/li><li>F5OS<\/li><\/ul><p>VELOS Naming Convention<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CX=VELOS Family Chassis<\/li><li>SX=System Controller<\/li><li>BX=Blade<\/li><\/ul><p>Licensing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>License requires activation initiated with base registration key<\/li><li>Partitions and tenants inherit the license (just like VIPRION)<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: View System Controller Settings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access the GUI and explore the Dashboard, System Inventory, Licensing, General<\/li><li>Access the CLI and explore the command: show running-config<\/li><\/ul><h5>Chapter 2: Comparing VELOS to VIPRION<\/h5><p>How we got here and F5OS architecture<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compare cabling, blades, chassis partitions, VLANs &amp; LAGs, tenants &amp; vCMP guests, and bare metal configurations.<\/li><li>No lab<\/li><\/ul><h5>Chapter 3: Setting Up VELOS System Controllers<\/h5><p>System Controllers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss system controllers&rsquo; redundancy and high availability.<\/li><\/ul><p>VELOS Setup Wizard<\/p>\n<p>Chassis Partitions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss chassis partitions and how to group blades together.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create Chassis Partition<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates a 1-blade partition &ndash;must do sequentially.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create System User Accounts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates an operator to demonstrate read-only access.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create System Controller Backup<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates a system controller backup.<\/li><\/ul><h5>Chapter 4: Setting Up VELOS Chassis Partitions<\/h5><p>Port Groups, VLANs, LAGs, and Interfaces<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss heterogeneous Port Group Modes, VLANs, LAGs, and interfaces.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create Port Groups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student configures port group in their partition.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Add VLANs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student adds VLANs to their partition.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create LAGs and View Interfaces<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates a LAG and views the interfaces to determine if they are up and operational.<\/li><\/ul><p>Tenant Image Considerations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss Tenant Image types.<\/li><\/ul><p>Demo: Download BIG-IP Tenant<\/p>\n<p>Lab: Create a BIG-IP Tenant<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates a BIG-IP tenant in their partition.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Modify a BIG-IP Tenant<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrates how some fields can be changed &ldquo;on the fly&rdquo; while other fields require changing the state which stops tenant processing.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create a Partner BIG-IP Tenant for High Availability (HA)<\/p>\n<p>Optional Lab: Create a BIG-IP Tenant via CLI<\/p>\n<p>Optional Lab: Create a BIG-IP Tenant via API<\/p>\n<p>Lab: Partition Backup<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student backs up their partition configuration.<\/li><\/ul><h5>Chapter 5: Managing Tenants<\/h5><p>BIG-IP Tenants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confirm student&rsquo;s knowledge of BIG-IP systems can be applied to BIG-IP tenants.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Run Setup Utility on a BIG-IP Tenant<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student runs the Setup Utility to activate the tenant.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create Traffic Processing Objects<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates a pool and virtual server and drives application traffic.<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Create BIG-IP Tenant Backups and Restore<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates a tenant backup and restores the backed-up file.<\/li><\/ul><h5>Chapter 6: Configure BIG-IP Tenant High Availability<\/h5><p>High Availability (HA) Overview<\/p>\n<p>Lab: Verify System Settings on Primary BIG-IP Tenant<\/p>\n<p>Lab: Activate Partner BIG-IP Tenant<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student runs the Setup Utility on partner system<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Establish an Active Standby Pair of BIG-IP Tenants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each student creates an active standby pair of BIG-IP tenants<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Test Failover<\/p>\n<h5>Chapter 7: Basic VELOS Troubleshooting<\/h5><p>Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read and identify basic LED behavior<\/li><li>QKview Introduction<\/li><li>Configure and view logging<\/li><li>Generate tcpdump output<\/li><li>Run basic VELOS system commands<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Generate a Chassis Partition Qkview and Upload to iHealth<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perform via the GUI<\/li><li>Optionally perform via the CLI<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: View VELOS Event Logging<\/p>\n<p>Lab: Generate a tcpdump<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Generate a system controller tcpdump output<\/li><li>Run tcpdump filtering through a single interface<\/li><li>Run tcpdump option and send output to a file<\/li><\/ul><p>Lab: Perform VELOS System Commands<\/p>","summary":"<p>Gain a functional understanding of the F5 VELOS platform. Review F5OS platform layers, hardware components, and configuration of system controllers, chassis partitions, and BIG-IP tenants. Differentiate between VELOS and VIPRION in the areas of cabling, blades, chassis partitions, VLANs and LAGs, BIG-IP tenants, and vCMP guest configurations. Configure a VELOS chassis partition, create and modify a BIG-IP tenant, and create system controller and chassis partition backup configuration files. Activate a BIG-IP tenant and create traffic processing objects. Create a BIG-IP backup UCS file and restore it. Practice basic VELOS troubleshooting using basic VELOS system commands, QKviews, logging, and tcpdump output.<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered in this course include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VELOS introduction<\/li><li>Chassis system controller setup<\/li><li>Chassis partition setup<\/li><li>BIG-IP tenant creation and modification<\/li><li>Basic VELOS troubleshooting<\/li><\/ul>","objective_plain":"By the end of this course, you will be able to:\n\n\n- Describe VELOS system chassis-blade architecture\n- Describe F5OS platform layers\n- Configure chassis system controllers, chassis partitions, and BIG-IP tenants\n- Identify and resolve basic troubleshooting problems using tools such as LED indicators, log messages, and tcpdump","audience_plain":"This course is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installation, setup, configuration, and administration of the F5 VELOS system.","contents_plain":"- Introducing VELOS\n- Comparing VELOS to VIPRION\n- Setting Up VELOS System Controllers\n- Setting Up VELOS Chassis Partitions\n- Managing Tenants\n- Configure BIG-IP Tenant High Availability\n- Basic VELOS Troubleshooting","outline_plain":"Chapter 1: Introducing VELOS\n\nIntroducing Major Components\n\n\n- CX410 Chassis\n- BX110 Blade\n- Blade Numbering\n- SX410 System Controller\n- System Controller Diagram\/Architecture\nIntroducing Other Components\n\n\n- Front Bezel\n- Power Supplies\n- Power Controllers\n- Fan Tray\nKey Concepts: Partitions and Tenants\n\n\n- Defining Partitions\n- Multiple Single-Blade Partitions Example\n- Multi-Blade Partitions Example\n- Tenants\nVELOS Software Management Domains\n\n\n- Management Domains\n- System Controller\n- Chassis Partition\n- Tenant\n- F5OS\nVELOS Naming Convention\n\n\n- CX=VELOS Family Chassis\n- SX=System Controller\n- BX=Blade\nLicensing\n\n\n- License requires activation initiated with base registration key\n- Partitions and tenants inherit the license (just like VIPRION)\nLab: View System Controller Settings\n\n\n- Access the GUI and explore the Dashboard, System Inventory, Licensing, General\n- Access the CLI and explore the command: show running-config\nChapter 2: Comparing VELOS to VIPRION\n\nHow we got here and F5OS architecture\n\n\n- Compare cabling, blades, chassis partitions, VLANs & LAGs, tenants & vCMP guests, and bare metal configurations.\n- No lab\nChapter 3: Setting Up VELOS System Controllers\n\nSystem Controllers\n\n\n- Discuss system controllers\u2019 redundancy and high availability.\nVELOS Setup Wizard\n\nChassis Partitions\n\n\n- Discuss chassis partitions and how to group blades together.\nLab: Create Chassis Partition\n\n\n- Each student creates a 1-blade partition \u2013must do sequentially.\nLab: Create System User Accounts\n\n\n- Each student creates an operator to demonstrate read-only access.\nLab: Create System Controller Backup\n\n\n- Each student creates a system controller backup.\nChapter 4: Setting Up VELOS Chassis Partitions\n\nPort Groups, VLANs, LAGs, and Interfaces\n\n\n- Discuss heterogeneous Port Group Modes, VLANs, LAGs, and interfaces.\nLab: Create Port Groups\n\n\n- Each student configures port group in their partition.\nLab: Add VLANs\n\n\n- Each student adds VLANs to their partition.\nLab: Create LAGs and View Interfaces\n\n\n- Each student creates a LAG and views the interfaces to determine if they are up and operational.\nTenant Image Considerations\n\n\n- Discuss Tenant Image types.\nDemo: Download BIG-IP Tenant\n\nLab: Create a BIG-IP Tenant\n\n\n- Each student creates a BIG-IP tenant in their partition.\nLab: Modify a BIG-IP Tenant\n\n\n- Demonstrates how some fields can be changed \u201con the fly\u201d while other fields require changing the state which stops tenant processing.\nLab: Create a Partner BIG-IP Tenant for High Availability (HA)\n\nOptional Lab: Create a BIG-IP Tenant via CLI\n\nOptional Lab: Create a BIG-IP Tenant via API\n\nLab: Partition Backup\n\n\n- Each student backs up their partition configuration.\nChapter 5: Managing Tenants\n\nBIG-IP Tenants\n\n\n- Confirm student\u2019s knowledge of BIG-IP systems can be applied to BIG-IP tenants.\nLab: Run Setup Utility on a BIG-IP Tenant\n\n\n- Each student runs the Setup Utility to activate the tenant.\nLab: Create Traffic Processing Objects\n\n\n- Each student creates a pool and virtual server and drives application traffic.\nLab: Create BIG-IP Tenant Backups and Restore\n\n\n- Each student creates a tenant backup and restores the backed-up file.\nChapter 6: Configure BIG-IP Tenant High Availability\n\nHigh Availability (HA) Overview\n\nLab: Verify System Settings on Primary BIG-IP Tenant\n\nLab: Activate Partner BIG-IP Tenant\n\n\n- Each student runs the Setup Utility on partner system\nLab: Establish an Active Standby Pair of BIG-IP Tenants\n\n\n- Each student creates an active standby pair of BIG-IP tenants\nLab: Test Failover\n\nChapter 7: Basic VELOS Troubleshooting\n\nTroubleshooting Tools and Techniques\n\n\n- Read and identify basic LED behavior\n- QKview Introduction\n- Configure and view logging\n- Generate tcpdump output\n- Run basic VELOS system commands\nLab: Generate a Chassis Partition Qkview and Upload to iHealth\n\n\n- Perform via the GUI\n- Optionally perform via the CLI\nLab: View VELOS Event Logging\n\nLab: Generate a tcpdump\n\n\n- Generate a system controller tcpdump output\n- Run tcpdump filtering through a single interface\n- Run tcpdump option and send output to a file\nLab: Perform VELOS System Commands","summary_plain":"Gain a functional understanding of the F5 VELOS platform. Review F5OS platform layers, hardware components, and configuration of system controllers, chassis partitions, and BIG-IP tenants. Differentiate between VELOS and VIPRION in the areas of cabling, blades, chassis partitions, VLANs and LAGs, BIG-IP tenants, and vCMP guest configurations. Configure a VELOS chassis partition, create and modify a BIG-IP tenant, and create system controller and chassis partition backup configuration files. Activate a BIG-IP tenant and create traffic processing objects. Create a BIG-IP backup UCS file and restore it. Practice basic VELOS troubleshooting using basic VELOS system commands, QKviews, logging, and tcpdump output.\n\nTopics covered in this course include:\n\n\n- VELOS introduction\n- Chassis system controller setup\n- Chassis partition setup\n- BIG-IP tenant creation and modification\n- Basic VELOS troubleshooting","skill_level":"Intermediate","version":"1.0","duration":{"unit":"d","value":2,"formatted":"2 days"},"pricelist":{"List Price":{"GB":{"country":"GB","currency":"GBP","taxrate":20,"price":1640},"SI":{"country":"SI","currency":"USD","taxrate":20,"price":2420},"DE":{"country":"DE","currency":"USD","taxrate":19,"price":2640},"CH":{"country":"CH","currency":"USD","taxrate":8.1,"price":2640},"AT":{"country":"AT","currency":"USD","taxrate":20,"price":2640}}},"lastchanged":"2025-09-10T08:18:06+02:00","parenturl":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/swisscom\/en\/json-courses","nexturl_course_schedule":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/swisscom\/en\/json-course-schedule\/33140","source_lang":"en","source":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/swisscom\/en\/json-course\/f5networks-velos"}}