Gigamon Foundation: Learn the Essentials to Start on the Road to Success (GFND) – Outline

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