ACE Operations and Configuration
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ACE Operations and Configuration (ACEOC)

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for systems engineers and network architects who need to design or deploy server load-balancing solutions using the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) module

Prerequisites
CCNA required.

You will gain the most from this course if you have a basic understanding of the following topics:
- TCP/IP protocol
- HTTP and SSL protocols
- N-tier application architecture
- Server load-balancing

Course Objectives
After you complete this course, you will be able to:
- Describe how the advanced application delivery services provided by the ACE module are used to enhance application performance, scalability, and reliability
- Describe the configuration and management tasks needed to successfully deploy an ACE module
- Explain how to use the ACE module to control traffic in layers 2, 3, and 4 of the network Describe the ACE functions that are used to perform load balancing for layers 4 and 7
- Explain how the layer 7 processing capabilities of the ACE module are used to maintain session persistence and provide protocol inspection
- Explain how to deploy the ACE module in a high availability configuration that supports failover and state replication

Course Content
ACE Operations and Configuration is a 3-day, instructor-led, lecture/lab course. You will learn how to deploy and configure intelligent network services using the Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine (ACE).

This course covers 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 like application-layer inspection and fixups.

Lesson 1: Introducing ACE
IP Protocol Stack Review
IP Application Review
ACE Features and Architecture

Lesson 2: Deploying ACE
Connecting ACE to the Network
Network Topologies
Virtualization
Resource Management
Authorizing Management Users
Configuring Interfaces

Lesson 3: Modular Policy Configuration
Class Maps
Policy Maps
Applying Policy Maps
Permitting Management Traffic

Lesson 4: Layer 4/7 Load Balancing
Access Control Lists
Layer 4 Load Balancing
Layer 7 Load Balancing
Health Monitoring
Server Reuse

Lesson 5: Layer 7 Protocol Processing
Session Persistence
Header Insert
Persistent/Pipelined Client Connections
Protocol Inspection

Lesson 6: Processing Secure Connections
Digital Encryption Technologies
SSL Offload
Back-End SSL Configuration
End-to-End Encryption
Configuring a Public-Key Infrastructure
Configuring SSL Proxy Services

Lesson 7: Security Features
TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly
TCP Normalization
Network Address Translation

Lesson 8: High Availability
Redundancy
Object Tracking
Failover
State Replication
Displaying Fault Tolerant Information

Lesson 9: Integrating Multiple Features
Analyzing Network Requirements
Designing ACE Contexts
Designing ACE Features
Configuring Multiple Integrated Features

Labs
Lab 1: ACE Resource Virtualization
Lab 2: Server Load Balancing
Lab 3: Health Monitoring
Lab 4: Layer 7 Load Balancing
Lab 5: Sticky Connections
Lab 6: Protocol Inspection
Lab 7: SSL Offload
Lab 8: Network Address Translation
Lab 9: Multiple Feature Configuration
Lab 10: Troubleshooting Case Studies


 
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Duration3 days
 
£1,695
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