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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.

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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
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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.

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Prerequisites

Student prerequisites are an understanding of the following topics:

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

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Course Outline

  1. Lesson 1: Introducing ACE
    • IP Protocol Stack Review
    • IP Application Review
    • ACE Features and Architecture
  2. Lesson 2: Deploying ACE
    • Connecting ACE to the Network
    • Network Topologies
    • Virtualization
    • Resource Management
    • Authorizing Management Users
    • Configuring Interfaces
  3. Lesson 3: Modular Policy Configuration
    • Class Maps
    • Policy Maps
    • Applying Policy Maps
    • Permitting Management Traffic
  4. Lesson 4: Layer 4/7 Load Balancing
    • Access Control Lists
    • Layer 4 Load Balancing
    • Layer 7 Load Balancing
    • Health Monitoring
    • Server Reuse
  5. Lesson 5: Layer 7 Protocol Processing
    • Session Persistence
    • Header Insert
    • Persistent/Pipelined Client Connections
    • Protocol Inspection
  6. Lesson 6: Processing Secure
  7. Connections
    • Digital Encryption Technologies
    • SSL Offload
    • Back-End SSL Configuration
    • End-to-End Encryption
    • Configuring a Public-Key Infrastructure
    • Configuring SSL Proxy Services
  8. Lesson 7: Security Features
    • TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly
    • TCP Normalization
    • Network Address Translation
  9. Lesson 8: High Availability
    • Redundancy
    • Object Tracking
    • Failover
    • State Replication
    • Displaying Fault Tolerant Information
  10. 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


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