This course provides users with the necessary skills to implement IPv6 migration and Carrier Grade NAT scenarios for A10 ACOS deployments in service provider and data center environments.

From a three-device ACOS cluster pre-configured with a Layer 2-3 environment, students deploy these attributes:

• Carrier Grade NAT (CGN/LSN) to mitigate IPv4 address exhaustion
• DNS64/NAT64 for providing IPv4 resources to IPv6 clients
• CGN logging to manage NAT mappings

Students also use device tools that monitor, diagnose, and restore these attributes.

• Classroom Discussion     40%
• Lab Exercises     60%

• A10 Networks SysAdmin Course OR equivalent ACOS CLI, aVCS, and VRRP-A experience

• Network Operations (NetOps)
• Development Operations (DevOps)
• Application Engineers (AppEng)
• Network Security (NetSec)
• Architects (Arch)

Carrier Grade Networking Concepts (Required)

Context of CGNetworking
IPv4 and IPv6 Topologies
CGNAT vs. Traditional NAT
User-Quota, Sticky NAT

LSN NAT44(4) Configuration

5 Parts of Dynamic NAT configuration
Alternative: Fixed NAT
Troubleshooting NAT(4)44 (i.e., lsn)

LSN Additional Features

ALGs
Static Port Mapping
Full-Cone NAT (EIM, EIF, Session User Quota)
Hairpinning Filtering

IPv6 Overview

What is IPv6
IPv6 Features and Tools

IPv6 Migration (NAT/DNS64)

Stateless NAT46
DNS64 and Stateful NAT64
NAT64 Prefix
DNS64 Virtual Server Configuration
5 Parts of Dynamic NAT64 configuration
Alternative: Fixed NAT64
Troubleshooting NAT64

NAT64 Additional Features

ALGs
Static Port Mapping
Full-Cone NAT (EIM, EIF, Session User Quota)
Hairpinning Filtering

Routing and Networking

CGN Topologies
Configuring Routing: Static, BGP, OSPF, OSPFv3

CGN Logging

Issues in Logging
Data Plane Logging Configuration
Logging Template: Custom format, HTTP Request logging
Port Batching (v1 and v2)
Fixed-NAT Table Export and Logging
RADIUS Accounting integrations
NetFLOW (IPFIX) Logging/Accounting

Troubleshooting and Performance Monitoring

Monitoring: system log, interface counters, CPU, memory usage, NAT pool utilization
Capture packets, storing and exporting packets
Debug Routing
Contacting A10 Support