ACEBC - ACE Boot Camp

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Who Needs to Attend

Systems engineers and network architects who need to design or deploy server load-balancing solutions using the Cisco ACE module

Prerequisites

CCNP, CCIE R&S, or CCIE SP certification
Knowledge of Catalyst 6500 architecture and operations
Familiarity with common web application protocols such as HTTP and HTML
Familiarity with common traffic control and monitoring protocols such as RHI and QoS

DCASD - Data Center Application Services v2.0

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Learn the key features of the ACE module and appliance.

Learn how to deploy and configure intelligent network services using the Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine (ACE) in this lecture/lab course. You will cover all of the key features of the ACE module, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 2-4 and Layer 7), SSL termination and offload, and security features, such as application-layer inspection and fix-ups.

To participate in this course and access the remote labs, you are required to bring a laptop running Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, or Vista, and including Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. Also, the ability to install new ActiveX components may be required.

This course replaces ACEAP - Implementing the Cisco ACE Appliance v1.0 and ACESM - Implementing the Application Control Engine Service Module.

What You'll Learn

IP application delivery with the ACE module
Structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure ACE features
Capabilities the ACE module used to load balance IP-based applications
Layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking
Create new contexts and resource classes
Create class maps and server farms
Configure an ACE context to load balance traffic flows
Configure an ACE context to monitor real servers
Implement fix-ups and inspection
ACE features that provide IP application security
Implement SSL termination
Configure network address translations
High availability features of the ACE module
Configure an ACE context to perform a variety functions in an integrated environment
Troubleshoot common SLB configuration errors

Course Outline

1. Data Center Application Services Overview

IP-Based Data Center Applications
- IP Protocol Stack Review
- IP Application Review
- Web Technology Overview
- GSLB Overview
Introducing ACE Family Solutions
- Multi-Tier Applications
- Application Delivery Products
Deploying the ACE Appliance and Service Module
- Connecting ACE to the Network
- Network Topologies
- ACE 4710 Installation Procedure
- ACE Appliance GUI
- Virtualization
- Resource Management
- Authorizing Management Users
- Configuring Interfaces
- Configuring Management

2. Implementing Server Load Balancing

Modular Policy CLI
- Class Maps
- Policy Maps
- Applying Policy Maps
Managing the ACE Appliance and Service Module
- Permitting Management Traffic
- SNMP Manageability
- Application Networking Manager
- Remote Management
- XML Management API
Security Features
- IP Access Control Lists
- ACL Object Groups
- TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly
- TCP/IP Normalization
- SYN Cookies
- Network Address Translation
Layer 4 Load Balancing
- Load-Balancing Concepts
- Load-Balancing Algorithms
- Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing
- Traffic Rate Limiting
- Load-Balancing Concepts
Health Monitoring
- Health Monitoring Overview
- Active Health Probes
- HTTP Error Code Monitoring
- Using TCL Scripting
- Route Health Injection
- Backup Servers/Server Farms
- KAL-AP Integration
Layer 7 Protocol Processing
- Configuring HTTP Layer 7 Load Balancing
- Persistent and Pipelined HTTP Extensions
- Server Reuse
- HTTP Modifications
- Session Persistence
- Protocol Inspection
- HTTP Inspection
- FTP Protocol Processing
- RDP Protocol Processing
- Radius Protocol Processing
- RTSP Protocol Processing
- SIP Protocol Processing
- Generic Protocol Parsing
- Other Inspected Protocols
Processing Secure Connections
- Digital Encryption Technologies
- SSL Service Options
- Configuring a Public Key Infrastructure
- Configuring SSL Proxy Services
- SSL Session Reuse Functional Overview
- SSL Queue Delay Functional Overview
- SSL Client Authentication Functional Overview
Web Application Acceleration Overview
- Web Application Performance Factors
- Web Application Acceleration Architecture
- FlashForward
- Delta Optimization
- Single-Request Optimizations
- Compression Overview
- Configuring Compression
High Availability
- Redundancy
- Object Tracking
- Failover
- State Replication
- Fault-Tolerance Configuration
- Displaying Fault-Tolerance Information
Integrating Multiple Features
- Analyzing Network Requirements
- Designing Cisco ACE Contexts
- Designing Cisco ACE Features
- Configuring Multiple Integrated Features