Detailed Course Outline
This 2-day course includes 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
- Network TAPs
- GigaVUE TA Series, GigaVUE HC Series, GigaVUE-FM
Module 2: Solution Identification and Planning
- Visibility challenges
- Tunnel packets
- Aggregate packets
- Filter packets
- Load-share packets
- Flow sampling
- Flow mapping
Module 3: Gigamon Solution Installation and Initial Configuration
- Initial installation
- Network setup
- Console access
- Port and module setup
Module 4: The Principles of Flow Mapping®
- Network packet broker basics
- Filtering
- Flow mapping features
Module 5: Understanding Traffic Sources
- Traffic source
- SPAN / Mirror
- TAPs and TAP selection
Module 6: Sizing a Visibility Deployment
- Port counts
- GigaVUE H Series
- GigaVUE TA Series
- Module requirements
Module 7: Configuring Clustering
- Clustering
- Checklist
- Packet forwarding
- Plan the cluster
- Port considerations
- Diagram the cluster