4-Day course on deploying and configuring intelligent network services using the Catalyst 6500 ACE, ACE, GSS, and AVS.
Course Description
In this comprehensive Authorized Cisco course using the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) appliance, you will examine the key features of the Cisco ACE design, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 3, Layer 4, and Layers 5-7), SSL termination and offload, security features (such as application-layer inspection and fix-ups), Global Site Selector (GSS), and Application Velocity System (AVS).
Course Objectives
What you will learnCourse objectives are as follows:
- Enterprise application architecture
- IP Application Delivery with the Cisco ACE Module
- Configuration tasks necessary to successfully deploy an ACE Module
- Structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure ACE features
- Methods used to manage the Cisco ACE Module
- Features that provide IP-application-based security
- Capabilities and configuration of the Cisco ACE features used to provide load balancing of IP-based applications
- Health monitoring capabilities of the Cisco Ace Module
- Layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking
- Support for SSL protocol processing
- Design and configure multiple ACE features
- AVS features and how to deploy them
- GSS topology and successfully deploying the appliance
Intended Audience
Technical professionals involved in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the ACE module.
Prerequisites
In-depth understanding of TCP/IP, IP routing, DNS, HTTP, and SSL, as well as a basic understanding of N-tier application architecture and server load-balancing concepts.
Course Outline
- Enterprise Application Delivery
- IP-Based Applications
- Data Center Application Architecture
- Deployment Planning
- Designing Load Balancing and Security
- Introducing Cisco ACE Family
- Deploying Cisco ACE Module and 4710 Appliance
- Security Features
- Modular Policy CLI
- Managing the Cisco ACE Module and 4710 Appliance
- Layer 4 Load Balancing
- Health Monitoring
- Layer 7 Protocol Processing
- Processing Secure Connections
- Optimizing the Design
- Integrating Multiple Features
- Web Application Acceleration Overview
- Deploying Application Acceleration and Optimization
- Designing Global Server Load Balancing
- Global Server Load Balancing Overview
- DRP-Based Network Proximity
- DNS Sticky
- Management Roles
Course Labs
- Lab 1: Virtualization
Observe the lab configuration of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 and the Cisco ACE Admin Context, and create new contexts and resource classes to understand the flexibility of virtualization on the Cisco ACE Module.
- Lab 2: Server Load Balancing
Configure the Cisco ACE Module context to match traffic destined for the VIP and load balance the flows to the real servers (rserver) on a private network behind the Cisco ACE Module context. Apply class-maps to classify client traffic destined to a VIP address, load balance traffic to a server farm, and select an rserver to respond to the client request. To allow client traffic into the Cisco ACE context, an access list is required to permit the client flows.
- Lab 3: Configuring Layer 7 Load Balancing
Create new class maps and server farms to demonstrate URL load balancing (Layers 5-7).
- Lab 4: SSL Termination
Configure SSL termination.
- Lab 5: Multiple Feature Integration
Configure the Cisco ACE Module context to perform a variety functions in an integrated environment.
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