ACE Operations & Configuration V1.1

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ACE Operations & Configuration V1.1 - 3-day instructor led lecture/lab course

Course Description

The ACEOC course 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 fix-ups.

Course Objectives

IP Protocol Stack Review
Connecting ACE to the Network
Resource Virtualization
Resource Management
Configuring Interfaces
Modular Policy CLI
Regular Expressions
Device Management
Access Control Lists
ARP Inspection
TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly
TCP/IP Normalization
Network Address Translation
Layer 4 Load Balancing
Layer 7 Load Balancing
Health Monitoring
Route Health Injection
Server Reuse
Session Persistence
Persistence Rebalance
SSL Offload
Protocol Inspection and Fix-ups
Redundancy
Object Tracking
Failover
State Replication
Displaying Fault Tolerance Information

Intended Audience

This course is designed for systems engineers and network architects who need to design or deploy server load-balancing solutions using the Cisco ACE module.

Prerequisites

Student prerequisites are an understanding of the following topics:

TCP/IP protocol
HTTP and SSL protocols
N-tier application architecture
Server load-balancing

Course Outline

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

Course 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 Configurations
Lab 10: Troubleshooting Case Studies