ACE Operations and Configuration (ACEOC) Version 1.1

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Course Length: 3 Days

Course Overview

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.

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 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
• 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