Course: Implementing the Application Control Engine Service Module Duration: 4 Day Hands-On Lab & Lecture Course Price: $ 2,995.00 Learning Credits: 30 Hitachi HiPass: 4 Description: Implementing the Application Control Engine Service Module (ACESM) is a four-day, instructor-led, lecture and lab course that teaches learners how to design, deploy, and optimize intelligent network services using the Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches. This course covers all of the key features of the Cisco ACE 2.0 software, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 2 to 4 and Layer 7), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) termination and offload, and security features like applicationlayer inspection and fixups. To participate in the hands-on labs in this class, you need to bring a laptop computer with the following: Windows 7 or 8.1 or 10 is recommended. Mac OSX 10.6 or greater is supported as well. Intel Celeron or better processors are preferred. 1 GB or more of RAM Browser Requirements: Internet Explorer 10 or greater or Mozilla Firefox. (Safari and Mozilla Firefox for Mac OSX) Note: Our labs currently cannot run on Microsoft Edge (Windows 10) due to it not supporting Extensions/Add-ons or Google Chrome due to Java being removed from the platform itself. All students are required to have administrator rights to their PCs and cannot be logged in to a domain using any Group Policies that will limit their machine's capabilities. If you do not have administrator rights to your PC, you at least need permissions to download, install, and run Cisco Any Connect Client and Java. If you are participating in a WebEx event, it is highly recommended to take this class at a location that has bandwidth speeds at a minimum of 1 Mbps bandwidth speeds. All PCs require the latest Java Runtime Environment, which can be downloaded from www.java.com. If you have any questions or issues with meeting the requirements listed above, please ACESM v2.0 Page 1/6 www.skyline-ats.com
contact us at rlt@skyline-ats.com and provide the class name to which you are attending and we will be more than happy to help. Objective: Describe IP application delivery with the Cisco ACE Module Describe the configuration tasks necessary to successfully deploy a Cisco ACE Module Describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure ACE features Describe the methods used to manage the Cisco ACE Module Describe the capabilities the Cisco ACE Module used to load balance IP-based applications Identify the Layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking Create new contexts and resource classes Create class maps and server farms Configure a Cisco ACE context to load-balance traffic flows Configure a Cisco ACE context to monitor real servers Implement fixups and inspection Describe the Cisco ACE features that provide IP application security Implement SSL termination Configure network address translations Describe the high availability features of the Cisco ACE Module Configure a Cisco ACE context to perform a variety functions in an integrated environment Troubleshoot common SLB configuration errors Prerequisites: A basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocol Familiarity with HTTP and SSL protocols Basic knowledge of the N-tier application architecture Familiarity with server load-balancing concepts ACESM v2.0 Page 2/6 www.skyline-ats.com
Who Should Attend: 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. ACESM v2.0 Page 3/6 www.skyline-ats.com
Outline: Course Introduction Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco ACE Module IP Protocol Stack Review IP Application Review Introducing the Cisco ACE Module Lesson 2: Deploying Cisco ACE Module Connecting Cisco ACE to the Network Network Topologies Virtualization Resource Management Authorizing Management Users Configuring Interfaces Lesson 3: Configuring Modular Policy CLI Class Maps Policy Maps Applying Policy Maps Lesson 4: Managing the Cisco ACE Module Permitting Management Traffic SNMP Manageability Lesson 5: Understanding Security Features IP Access Control Lists ACL Object Groups SYN Cookies TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly TCP/IP Normalization Network Address Translation and Port Address Translation Lesson 6: Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing Load-Balancing Concepts Load-Balancing Algorithms Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing Traffic Rate Limiting Lesson 7: Configuring Health Monitoring Health Monitoring Overview Active Health Probes HTTP Error-Code Monitoring Using TCL Scripting Route Health Injection Backup Servers and Server Farms KAL-AP Integration ACESM v2.0 Page 4/6 www.skyline-ats.com
Lab Outline Implementing the Application Control Engine Service Module Lesson 8: Configuring Layer 7 Protocol Processing HTTP Layer 7 Load Balancing Persistent and Pipelined HTTP Extensions HTTP Modifications Session Persistence HTTP Inspection FTP Processing RDP Processing RADIUS Processing RTSP Processing SIP Processing Generic Protocol Parsing Inspected Protocols Lesson 9: Processing Secure Connections Digital Encryption Technologies SSL Service Options Configuring a Public-Key Infrastructure Configuring SSL Proxy Services Lesson 10: Understanding High Availability Redundancy Object Tracking Failover State Replication Displaying Fault Tolerance Information Lesson 11: Integrating Multiple Features Analyzing Network Requirements Designing Cisco ACE Contexts Designing Cisco ACE Features Configuring Multiple Integrated Features Lab Guide Lab Topology Hardware and Software Requirements Lab Equipment Configuration Lab 1: Implementing Virtualization Lab 2: Using Network Address Translation Lab 3: Configuring Server Load Balancing Lab 4: Implementing Health Monitoring Lab 5: Configuring Layer 7 Load Balancing Lab 6: Enabling Sticky Connections Lab 7: Enabling Protocol Inspection ACESM v2.0 Page 5/6 www.skyline-ats.com
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Implementing the Application Control Engine Service Module Lab 8: Configuring SSL Termination Lab 9: Integrating Multiple Features Lab 10: Troubleshooting Case Study 1Common SLB Configuration Errors Lab 11: Troubleshooting Case Study 2Common Layer 7 SLB Configuration Errors ACESM v2.0 Page 6/6 www.skyline-ats.com