Cisco Application Control Engine Appliance

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1 Course: Cisco Application Control Engine Appliance Duration: 4 Day Hands-On Lab & Lecture Course Price: $ 2, Learning Credits: 30 Hitachi HiPass: 4 Description: Implementing the Cisco ACE Appliance is a four-day, instructor-led, lecture and lab course. You will learn how to deploy and configure the Cisco Catalyst 4710 Application Control Engine (ACE) Appliance. This course covers all of the key features of the Cisco ACE appliance, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 2-4 and Layer 7), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) termination and offload, and security features like application-layer inspection and fixups. To participate in the hands-on labs in this class, you need to bring a laptop computer with the following: We recommend using at least a Pentium 4 or better and 1 GB of RAM or more. We recommend running Windows XP Professional SP3 or greater (Vista & Windows 7/8). Mac & Linux machines are also supported. All PCs require Internet Explorer 7 or greater, Mozilla FireFox, or Google Chrome. Note: When testing connectivity, Mozilla & Chrome may not be able to fully complete the tests as intended. All students should have administrator rights to their PCs. If you do not have administrator rights to your PC, you at least need permissions to download, install, and run Active-X controls in Internet Explorer or Cisco Any Connect Client. If you are participating in a WebEx event, you should have internet access served by at least a 512K link, a full T1 Connection is recommended. All PCs require the latest Java Runtime Environment, which can be downloaded from If you have any questions or issues with meeting the recommended requirements, please contact us at rlt@skyline-ats.com to discuss. ACEAP v1.0 Page 1/6

2 Objective: Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives: Describe IP application delivery with the Cisco ACE appliance Describe the configuration tasks necessary to successfully deploy a Cisco ACE appliance Describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure Cisco ACE features Describe the methods used to manage the Cisco ACE appliance Describe the Cisco ACE features that provide IP application-based security on the Cisco ACE appliance Describe the capabilities and configuration of the Cisco ACE features used to provide load balancing of IP-based applications Describe the health monitoring capabilities of the Cisco ACE appliance Identify the Layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking Describe the Cisco ACE support for SSL protocol processing Describe the Cisco ACE web application acceleration, optimization, and compression features Describe the high-availability features of the Cisco ACE appliance, which are used to provide reliable application networking services Describe a methodology used to design and configure multiple Cisco ACE features Prerequisites: The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows: TCP/IP protocol HTTP and SSL protocols N-tier application architecture Server load balancing ACEAP v1.0 Page 2/6

3 Who Should Attend: The primary audience for this course are systems engineers and network architects who need to design or deploy server load-balancing solutions using the Cisco ACE appliance. The secondary audience for this course are network operators and server administrators who need to understand the server load-balancing solutions capabilities of the Cisco ACE appliance. ACEAP v1.0 Page 3/6

4 Outline: Course Introduction Overview Course Goal and Objectives Course Flow Additional References Lesson 1: Introducing the Cisco ACE 4710 Appliance IP Protocol Stack Review IP Application Review Web Technology Overview Introducing the Cisco ACE Lesson 2: Deploying Cisco ACE Connecting Cisco ACE to the Network Cisco ACE Installation Procedure Cisco ACE Appliance GUI Network Topologies Virtualization Resource Management Authorizing Management Users Configuring Interfaces Lesson 3: Modular Policy CLI Class Maps Policy Maps Applying Policy Maps Lesson 4: Managing the Cisco ACE Appliance Permitting Management Traffic SNMP Manageability Lesson 5: Security Features IP Access Control Lists TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly TCP/IP Normalization Network Address Translation Lesson 6: Layer 4 Load Balancing Load-Balancing Concepts Load-Balancing Algorithms Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing Lesson 7: Health Monitoring Health Monitoring Overview Active Health Probes HTTP Error Code Monitoring ACEAP v1.0 Page 4/6

5 Lab Outline Cisco Application Control Engine Appliance Using TCL Scripting Lesson 8: Layer 7 Protocol Processing Configuring HTTP Layer 7 Load Balancing Persistent and Pipelined HTTP Extensions Server Reuse Session Persistence Protocol Inspection HTTP Inspection FTP Protocol Processing Other Inspected Protocols Lesson 9: Processing Secure Connections Digital Encryption Technologies SSL Service Options Configuring a Public Key Infrastructure Configuring SSL Proxy Services Lesson 10: Deploying Application Acceleration and Optimization Web Application Acceleration Architecture FlashForward Delta Optimization Smart Redirect Fast Redirect FlashConnect Just-in-Time Object Acceleration Adaptive Dynamic Cache Compression Overview Lesson 11: High Availability Redundancy Object Tracking Failover State Replication Fault-Tolerance Configuration Displaying Fault-Tolerance Information Lesson 12: Integrating Multiple Features Analyzing Network Requirements Designing Cisco ACE Contexts Designing Cisco ACE Features Configuring Multiple Integrated Features Lab 1: Implementing Virtualization Lab 2: Using Network Address Translation Lab 3: Configuring Server Load Balancing ACEAP v1.0 Page 5/6

6 Powered by TCPDF ( Cisco Application Control Engine Appliance Lab 4: Implementing Health Monitoring Lab 5: Configuring Layer 7 Load Balancing Lab 6: Enabling Sticky Connections Lab 7: Enabling Protocol Inspection Lab 8: Configuring SSL Termination Lab 9: Enabling HTTP Optimizations Lab 10: Integrating Multiple Features Lab 11: Troubleshooting Case Study 1: Common SLB Configuration Errors Lab 12: Troubleshooting Case Study 2: Common Layer 7 SLB Configuration Errors ACEAP v1.0 Page 6/6