Exam Overview

1Y0-240

1Y0-241 Deploy and Manage Citrix

ADC with Traffic Management
Preparation

Exam Preparation Guide 1.0

Contributors & Marks

September 21, 2020

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Exam Overview

Disclaimer

This exam preparation guide is designed to provide

candidates with necessary information about the 1Y0-241
exam, including study resources and ways to interpret the
exam objectives to better enable candidates to assess the
types of questions that may be asked during the exam. Please
be aware that the content of this guide in no way ensures a
passing score on the certification exam.
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 Table of Contents
Exam Overview

Exam Overview Contributors & Marks

Number of Items 4 Prep Guide Author 25
Passing Score 4 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) 25
Time Limit 4 Notice 26
Intended Audience 4 Marks 26
Registration and Administration 4
Retake Policies 5
Preparation

Preparing for the Exam

Recommended Knowledge and Skills 6
Recommended Product Experience 7
Recommended Training 7
Unauthorized Preparation Materials 7
Section Titles and Weights 8
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Interpretation of Objectives 9
Sections, Objectives and References 10
Appendix: Practice 22

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Number of Items Intended Audience
Exam Overview

The 1Y0-241 exam is a 64-question exam written in English. Some of the items The 1Y0-241 exam was developed to measure the minimum knowledge and skills
on this exam will not be scored and thus will not affect your final result in any required to implement Citrix ADC 13 solutions. Passing this exam means a candidate
way. The unscored items are included in this exam solely for research purposes. demonstrated the minimum requisite knowledge and skills required of Citrix
networking professionals who can install, configure and/or operate Citrix ADC
Passing Score 13 in enterprise environments. The tasks tested in this exam will represent those skills,
which are deemed most important, based on high criticality ratings, to perform the job
The passing score for this exam is 61%. of networking and traffic optimization with Citrix ADC.

Primary Audience:
Time Limit
Preparation

• Network Administrators
• Network Engineers
Type of Candidate Time Limits* Notes
• Citrix Administrators
Native English speakers 90 minutes • Operations Engineer
• Systems Engineers /Systems Administrators
• Cloud Administrators/Engineers

Non-native English speakers 90 minutes Time extension granted automatically Registration and Administration
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that take the exam in

countries where English is a +30 minutes
foreign language (time extension) This exam is administered at Pearson VUE testing centers worldwide. To learn more
about the rules and process of taking an exam, please visit
Non-native English speakers 90 minutes Must request time extension from
that take the exam in Citrix. Submit your request here: Time
http://training.citrix.com/exams.
countries where English is +30 minutes Extension Request
NOT a foreign language (time extension) Worldwide, visit the Pearson VUE website (http://www.pearsonvue.com/citrix) to
locate a testing center in your area and register for an exam OR to take exam from
Home or Office (Online remote proctoring) . You may also register in person at any
The total time limit for this exam is 125 minutes. The total seat time is 90 + 35 minutes.
The total seat time includes times allotted for the NDA and surveys. Pearson VUE testing center. If you reside in the United States or Canada, you may also
register by calling 1-800-931-4084.

Note: A $7 USD surcharge will be added to phone registrations. 4

 Retake Policy
Overview
ExamOverview

Candidates must wait 24 hours from their original appointment time before they
can register to retake an exam. After a second attempt, and any attempt
Exam

thereafter, the candidate must wait 14 calendar days to retake the exam.

Breach of this policy can result in sanctions up to and including a ban from
taking Citrix exams and/or decertification.

For more information about our policies, including the Citrix Exam Retake Policy
Preparation

and the Candidate Conduct Policy, please visit http://training.citrix.com/exams

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 Prepping for the Exam
Exam Overview

Recommended Knowledge and Skills Recommended Product Experience

Candidates should have knowledge of the following prior to taking this exam: We recommend that candidates have about six months of experience with the
following topics in a Citrix ADC 13 solution:
o Basic Networking
o Windows and Linux Server administration o Getting Started with Citrix ADC
o TCP/IP, HTTP protocols and the OSI model o Basic Networking
o Server load balancing and content switching concepts o Citrix ADC Platforms
Preparation
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o Web server software o High Availability

o DNS, SSL and compression concepts o Load Balancing
o Network security threats and site protection concepts o SSL Offload
o Securing the Citrix ADC
o Troubleshooting Citrix ADC
o Default Policies
o Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform
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o Content Switching
o Traffic Optimization
o Global Server Load Balancing

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 Recommended Training Unauthorized Preparation Materials
Exam Overview

Citrix Education recommends that candidates have hands-on experience with Citrix Citrix Education monitors exam results to ensure that candidates are not using
ADC and above, prior to taking this exam. One of the best ways to do this is by taking a unauthorized materials to prepare for exams. If it is determined that a candidate
formal Citrix training course. The following course provides training on Citrix ADC 13 used unauthorized materials to prepare for an exam, the candidate’s score will be
Essentials and Citrix ADC Traffic Management solutions. invalidated and his or her certification will be revoked.

• CNS 225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management When looking for materials in addition to authorized Citrix training to prepare for
certification, Citrix Education recommends that you visit
As with all Citrix exams, it is recommended that candidates get hands-on experience http://www.certguard.com to ensure that a site is indeed legitimate. This site flags
by working directly with products covered on the exam. websites that are acting as brain dumps, which have unauthorized materials.
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 Section Titles and Weights

Section Weight
Exam Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

6%
Section 2: Basic Networking
8%
Section 3: Citrix ADC Platforms
5%
Section 4: High Availability
6%
Section 5: Load Balancing
8%
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Section 6: SSL Offload

9%
Section 7: Securing the Citric ADC
8%
Section 8: Troubleshooting
9%
The section weights included in this guide are intended to help you in understanding how
Section 9: Default Policies
11% much of the exam is devoted to the topics listed. In fact, the percentages directly map to
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the number of questions on the exam. For example, if an exam has 60 questions, and
Section 10: Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform Section 1 is weighted at 50%, then 30 of the questions on the exam will relate to Section
11%
1 (60*50% = 30).
Section 11: Content Switching
5% Please be warned that section weights are NOT used to calculate your score. Scoring is far
Section 12: Optimization more complicated as exam questions may be given different weights based on their
3% overall importance. Because some questions may have different point values assigned to
Section 13: Global Server Load Balancing them, section weights and exam scores do not always have a one-to-one correlation.
11%
TOTAL
100% For more information on how scoring works in Citrix exams read the blog The Scoring
Secrets for Citrix Exams - Divulged.

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 Interpretation of Objectives
Exam Overview

Candidates should refer to the objectives and examples listed in this guide in order Note: The examples listed in the “Sections, Objectives, Examples and References”
to determine which topics will be on the exam, as well as examples of the topics section of this guide do NOT encompass all potential topics that could be tested. The
that could be tested. examples are only provided as guidance.

For example, if the objective reads “Configure monitors” and one of the examples The objectives and examples for this exam were developed by Exam Project Managers
reads, “determine when to use which type of monitor,” exam-takers could expect to and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) based on identified tasks that related to installing,
see: configuring and/or operating NetScaler 12 in enterprise environments.
Preparation

• A question that requires determining which type of monitor to configure… The number of questions written for each objective relates directly to the importance
o Which type of monitor should a Citrix Administrator configure… of that objective and is proportional to how frequently that task is performed.
• …based on given requirement(s)
o …to validate that a specific text string is returned in a web server
response?
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 Sections, Objectives and References
• Citrix Product Documentation: http://docs.citrix.com
• Citrix Support: http://www.citrix.com/support
• Citrix Blogs: http://blogs.citrix.com/
Exam Overview

Objective Objective References

Number
Section 1: Getting Started
1.01 Understand the Citrix ADC architecture and functionality. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 1 and 2)

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2012/03/08/connection-multiplexing-in-netscaler/

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/networking/ip-addressing/enabling-use-source-ip-mode.html
Preparation

1.02 Identify Citrix ADC hardware and its components. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 1 and 3)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-hardware-platforms/mpx/netscaler-hardware-platforms/mpx-11515-
11520-11530-11540-11542.html

https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/data-sheet/citrix-adc-data-sheet.pdf

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-gateway/13/licensing/ng-license-platform-universal-con.html
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1.03 Determine the deployment and licensing options for a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 1 and 2)

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2018/06/20/citrix-networking-a-licence-to-thrill/

1.04 Determine how to setup and configure Citrix ADC. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 2)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/getting-started-with-citrix-adc/configure-system-settings/configure-
modes-packet-forwarding.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/basic-operations/configuring-clock-sychronization.html

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Section 2: Basic Networking
2.01 Determine which networking topology to use with Citrix ADC based on CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 2)
given requirements.
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/getting-started-with-citrix-adc/network-topologies.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/12/networking/interfaces/configuring-link-aggregation.html
2.02 Determine which interfaces IP address types and VLANS to use during
configuration of a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 2)
Preparation

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/networking/interfaces/understanding-vlans.html

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2018/07/23/separating-netscaler-management-and-data-traffic-for-disa-stigs

2.03 Identify which Citrix ADC routing and traffic-handling mode should be CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 2)
used for a given environment
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/getting-started-with-citrix-adc/configure-system-settings/configure-modes-
packet-forwarding.html
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https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/networking/interfaces/configuring-mac-based-forwarding.html
2.04 Determine how to configure Access Control Lists based on given CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 2)
requirements.
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/basic-operations.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/networking/access-control-lists-acls/extended-acls-and-extended-
acl6s.html

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Section 3: Citrix ADC Platforms
3.01 Determine which hardware to use (Citrix ADC MPX, VPX, CPX, BLX or CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 3)
SDX) when given a use case.
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc-cpx/13/about.html
Exam Overview

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-hardware-platforms/sdx/hardware-platforms.html

3.02 Identify the pieces of the multi-tenant structure for Citrix ADC SDX. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 3)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/sdx/13/manage-monitor-appliance-network-configuration/managing-interfaces.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/sdx/13/single-bundle-upgrade/upgrade-netscaler-instance.html

3.03 Determine the specific function of the SDX when given various SDX CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 2 and 3)
Preparation

interface allocation scenarios

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/sdx/13/configuring-managing-netscaler-instance/configuring-l2-mode-on-netscaler-
instance.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/sdx/13/configuring-management-service/configuring-channel-from-management-
service.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/sdx/13/configuring-management-service/configuring-link-aggregation.html
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https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134962

Section 4: High Availability

4.01 Understand how the high availability (HA) process works on Citrix ADC. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 4)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction/configuring-virtual-mac-addresses-
high-availability.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/upgrade-downgrade-citrix-adc-appliance/upgrade-downgrade-HA-pair.html

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX208384

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4.02 Determine the appropriate Citrix ADC high availability configuration CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 4)
options, including advanced settings, given a description of an
environment.
Exam Overview

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction/configuring-high-availability-nodes-
different-subnets.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction/forcing-the-primary-node-stay-
primary.html

4.03 Determine which method should be used to manage a Citrix ADC high CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 4)
availability configuration given a scenario.
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction/high-availability-faqs.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction/configuring-fail-safe-high-
Preparation

availability.html

4.04 Determine how to resolve common high availability issues. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 4)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/high-availability-introduction/troubleshooting-high-availability.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/getting-started-with-citrix-adc/configure-ha-first-time.htm

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX204685
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Section 5: Load Balancing

Exam Overview

5.01 Identify the Citrix ADC load-balancing role of entities. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 5)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-manage-setup/managing-server-
objects.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-customizing/assign-weight-
services.html
5.02 Determine when to use the different load-balancing and monitoring options CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 5)
available on the Citrix ADC.
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209292
Preparation

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-custom-monitors/configure-user-
monitor.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-customizing-
algorithms/leastbandwidth-method.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-advanced-settings/no-monitor-
service.html
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5.03 Determine how to customize monitoring and service options based on a scenario. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 5)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-builtin-monitors/monitor-tcp.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-builtin-monitors/monitor-tcp.html

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209292

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/load-balancing/load-balancing-builtin-monitors/monitor-ldap-
services.html

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5.04 Determine which method to use to protect and troubleshoot a Citrix ADC load- CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 5)
balancing configuration based on a given scenario.
Exam Overview

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX108886

Section 6: SSL Offload

6.01 Determine the process and requirement for creating and uploading SSL CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 6)
Certificates.
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/how-to-articles/create-and-use-ssl-certificates-on-a-citrix-adc-
appliance.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/config-ssloffloading.html
Preparation

6.02 Determine how to create SSL virtual servers. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 6)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/getting-started-with-citrix-adc/secure-traffic-using-ssl.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/ssl-certificates/obtain-cert-frm-cert-auth.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/config-ssloffloading.html
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6.03 Determine which SSL deployment to use for a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 6)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/how-to-articles/end-to-end-encrypt.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/ssl-profiles.html

6.04 Determine which Citrix ADC configuration settings can prevent a given SSL CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 6)
Exploit.
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/ssl/ssl-profiles/ssl-enabling-the-default-profile.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/tech-zone/build/tech-papers/networking-tls-best-practices.html

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Section 7: Securing the Citrix ADC
7.01 Determine how to utilize authentication, authorization, and auditing. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 7)
Exam Overview

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/aaa-tm/configure-aaa-policies.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/aaa-tm/ns-aaa-users-and-groups-tsk.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/system/ns-ag-aa-intro-wrapper-con/ns-ag-aa-config-users-and-
grps-tsk.html

7.02 Determine how to configure authentication and authorization on Citrix ADC. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 7)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/aaa-tm/authentication-virtual-server/ns-aaa-setup-dns-con.html
Preparation

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/aaa-tm/ns-aaa-users-and-groups-tsk.html

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/aaa-tm/configure-aaa-policies/ns-aaa-setup-policies-authntcn-
tsk.html

7.03 Determine the components and steps required to secure a Citrix ADC CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 7)
configuration.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/system/ns-ag-aa-intro-wrapper-con/ns-ag-aa-config-users-and-
grps-tsk.html
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https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2014/04/09/activeactive-gslb-for-xendesktop-a-practical-approach-part-1/

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler-gateway/13/integrate-web-interface-apps/smart-control.html

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2013/09/19/hdx-insight-integration-with-director/

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200430

7.04 Determine how to utilize admin partitions in a given scenario. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 7)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/admin-partition/admin-partition-benefits-and-uses.html

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/admin-partition/admin-partition-reuse-identifiers.html
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Section 8: Troubleshooting
Determine how to resolve Citrix ADC log issues.
Exam Overview

8.01 CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 8)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/application-firewall/logs.html

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121728

CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 8)
8.02 Determine how to monitor the Citrix ADC environment with Simple Network
Management Protocol data. http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/system/snmp/configuring-snmpv1-snmpv2-
queries.html#par_richtext_1

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/reference/netscaler-command-reference/snmp/snmp-
Preparation

manager.html

8.03 Determine how to use AppFlow and Citrix Application Delivery Management CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 8)
features to troubleshoot an issue within Citrix ADC.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler-mas/13/analytics/HDX-Insight.html

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler-mas/13/network-reporting.html
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8.04 Determine how to use the Citrix Application Delivery Management to troubleshoot CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 8)
a given issue.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler-mas/13/netscaler-mas-licensing.html

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler-mas/13/network-reporting.html

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler-mas/13/application-analytics-and-management/advanced-
analytics.html

8.05 Determine which Citrix ADC troubleshooting tool to use to identify a given issue in CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 8)
an environment.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/reference/netscaler-command-reference/utility/nstrace.html

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Section 9: Default Policies

Exam Overview

9.01 Determine how to configure Citrix ADC advanced policy expressions. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 9)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/appexpert/policies-and-expressions/introduction-to-
policies-and-exp/classic-and-advanced-policy.html

9.02 Determine how to configure actions in policy expression evaluation. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 9)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/security/content-filtering.html
Preparation

9.03 Determine which key attributes need to be included in policy binding based on given CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 9)
information.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/policies-and-expressions/ns-cfa-wrapper-con/ns-
cfa-bind-adv-pol-con.html

9.04 Determine how to create default policies with AppExpert. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 9)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/policies-and-expressions/ns-cfa-wrapper-
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con.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/appexpert/policies-and-expressions/advanced-policy-
infrastructure/create-policy-labels.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/appexpert/responder/setting-responder-default-
action.html

9.05 Determine how to use HTTP callouts and rate limiting in a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 9)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/http-callout.html

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Section 10: Rewrite, Responder, and URL Transform

Exam Overview

10.01 Determine how to utilize the rewrite feature for a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 10)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/appexpert/rewrite/rewrite-action-policy-examples/example-mask-
http-server-type.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/appexpert/rewrite/how-rewrite-works.html#rewrite-actions

10.02 Determine how to utilize responder policies for a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 10)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/responder.html
Preparation

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/responder/responder-action-policy-examples.html

10.03 Determine how to use URL transformation in a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 10)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/rewrite/url-transformation.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/appexpert/rewrite/url-transformation/globally-binding-url-
transformation-policies.html
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10.04 Determine how to utilize pattern and data sets within a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 10)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/appexpert/pattern-sets-data-seta.html

Section 11: Content Switching

11.01 Determine how to utilize Content Switching components. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 11)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/content-switching/basic-configuration.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/content-switching/basic-configuration/create-action.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/content-switching/basic-configuration/configure-policies.html

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11.02 Determine how to use Content Switching policies in a given environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 11)
Exam Overview

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/content-switching/basic-configuration.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/content-switching/troubleshooting.html

11.03 Determine how rule precedence affects policies. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 11)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/content-switching/customizing-configuration.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/content-switching/protecting-against-failure.html
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Section 12: Optimization

12.01 Determine how to implement traffic compression in a Citrix ADC environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 12)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/optimization/http-compression.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/optimization/front-end-optimization.html

12.02 Determine how to configure front end optimization to render the web browser more CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 12)
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efficient.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/optimization/front-end-optimization/front-end-optimization-
samples.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/optimization/front-end-optimization.html

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Number

Section 13: Global Server Load Balancing

Exam Overview

13.01 Determine how to deploy Domain Name System (DNS) to support GSLB in a given CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 13)
environment.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/global-server-load-balancing/how-gslb-works.html

13.02 Determine how to Implement GSLB in a Citrix ADC environment. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 13)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/11-1/gslb/configure-gslb-proximity.html

13.03 Determine how to utilize Content Switching to implement GSLB. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 13)
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https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/legacy-archive/netscaler.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/global-server-load-balancing/how-to/configure-gslb-
content-switch.html

13.04 Determine how to use GSLB metric exchange protocol. CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 13)

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/global-server-load-balancing/configuring-metrics-
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exchange-protocol.html

13.05 Determine how to customize a GSLB configuration based on the needs of an CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management (Module 13)
environment.
http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/global-server-load-balancing/methods/configure-
dynamic-method-RTT.html

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/13/global-server-load-balancing/monitoring.html

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/legacy-archive/netscaler.html

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 Appendix: Practice
Exam Overview

Introduction Sample Question 1

Exam-takers should refer to the objectives listed in the “Sections, Objectives, A Network Engineer informed the Citrix Administrator that an interface used by Citrix
Examples and References” section of this guide in order to determine which topics ADC SDX is being saturated. This interface is used as a Data interface for the Citrix ADC
will be on the exam and examples of topics for each objective. SDX.

For example, if the objective reads, "Troubleshoot high availability" and one of the Which action could the administrator take to address the bandwidth concerns?
examples reads, “determine how to resolve a given issue”, exam-takers could
expect to see: A. Configure LACP on the SDX for the Data interface.
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B. Configure LACP on the SDX for Management interface.

A scenario describing an issue with high availability - C. Add a second interface to each Citrix ADC VPX instance.
Scenario: A Citrix Administrator is attempting to configure high availability D. Configure a Failover interface set on each Citrix ADC VPX instance.
for a Citrix ADC MPX pair. Each Citrix ADC appliance resides in a different
subnet. The administrator noticed that network connectivity between the Answer: A
appliances was lost once the high availability pair was established.
Objective: Determine the specific function of the SDX when given various SDX interface
A question that requires determining how to resolve the given issue - allocation scenarios
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What must the administrator enable to correct this issue?

Source: CNS-225 Course, Module-3
The objectives for this exam were developed by Exam Project Managers and
Subject matter experts based on identified tasks that relate to installing,
configuring and/or operating Citrix ADC 12 in enterprise environments.

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Exam Overview

Sample Question 2 Sample Question 3

Which two Content-Switching policy can a Citrix Administrator use to verify if a URL A Citrix Administrator needs to grant read-only access to a select set of Citrix ADC features.
used by a client contains the word "sports"? (Choose two.) Corporate password security schema must be supported.

A. add cs policy CS_Pol_1 -url "/sports/*" Which four steps must the administrator take to complete this task? (Choose four.)
B. add cs policy CS_Pol_1 -rule HTTP.REQ.IS_VALID
C. add cs policy CS_Pol_1 -rule "HTTP.REQ.URL.CONTAINS(\"/sports/*\")" A. Create an Authentication LDAP server.
D. add cs policy CS_Pol_1 -rule "HTTP.REQ.URL.CONTAINS_ANY("sports")"] B Create a Custom Command Policy.
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C. Create an Authentication Policy for LDAP authentication.

Answer: AC D. Create local system accounts that correspond to Help Desk User Objects in Active Directory.
E. Configure system groups that correspond to the Groups in Active Directory.
Objective: Determine how to use Content Switching policies in a given F. Configure admin partitions.
environment. G. Bind the built-in read-only command policy to required users/groups.

Source: Citrix Docs Answer: ABCE

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http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/12/content-switching/basic- Objective: Determine the components and steps required to secure a Citrix ADC configuration.
configuration.html and CNS-225 Course, Module 2
Source: CNS-225 Course, Lab Guide

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Sample Question 4
A Citrix Administrator has installed the compression feature on the web servers.
The administrator configured the Citrix ADC appliance to remove the ‘Accept
Encoding’ header from all HTTP client requests to offload the compression on the
Citrix ADC. However, the administrator observed that data is NOT being
compressed by the Citrix ADC, even though the Accept-Encoding header is being
removed from all the requests.
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What could be the cause of this issue?

A. Servercmp is disabled on the Citrix ADC.

B. The Compression Policy needs to be reconfigured.
C. The rewrite policy is bound at an incorrect bind point
D. The servers are automatically compressing all responses.

Answer: D
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Objective: Determine how to implement traffic compression in a Citrix ADC

environment

Source: Citrix Docs

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/netscaler/12/optimization/http-compression.html

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Author

Premkumar Mekara

Subject Matter Experts

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Abdullah Abdullah Diego Francés Martínez Manny Benitez Richard Faulkner

Andres Chavarria Eltjo Van Gulik Matthew.R. Jones Rick Bloss
Anton Van Pelt Jo Harder Mehdi Hamid Salem Kebede
Arnd Kagelmacher Karthik Mundaje Parveen Kumar Samuel Legrand
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Chris Rogers Mads Petersen Paul Blitz Val Bonchev

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