Designing a Data Center Application Infrastructure with the Cisco ACE Family(ACEDES)

Using a combination of lectures and labs, students will learn how to deploy and configure intelligent network services using the Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine (ACE), the next generation form factor of ACE, GSS, and AVS. This course covers the key features of the ACE products, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 2-4 and Layer 7), SSL termination and offload, and security features. The focus is on enabling the student to properly position the ACE products in the network for optimizing data center components and network resources.

You will gain the most from this course if you have a basic understanding of the following topics:
• The TCP / IP protocol
• The HTTP and SSL protocols
• N-tier application architecture
• Server load-balancing

• Channel Partner/Reseller
• Customer
• Employee

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Describe IP application delivery with the ACE module.
• Describe the configuration tasks necessary to successfully deploy an ACE module.
• Describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure ACE features.
• Describe the capabilities and configuration of the ACE features used to provide load balancing of IP-based applications.
• Identify the layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking.
• Describe ACE support for SSL protocol processing.
• Describe the ACE features that provide IP application-based security.
• Describe the high-availability features of the ACE module which are used to provide reliable application networking services.
• Describe a methodology used to design and configure multiple ACE features.

Module 1:  Enterprise Application Delivery

• Lesson 1:  IP-Based Applications
• Lesson 2:  Data Center Application Architecture
• Lesson 3:  Deployment Planning

Module 2:  Designing Server Load Balancing and Security

• Lesson 1:  Introducing Cisco ACE Family
• Lesson 2:  Deploying Cisco ACE Module and 4710 Appliance
• Lesson 3:  Security Features
• Lesson 4:  Modular Policy CLI
• Lesson 5:  Managing the Cisco ACE Module and 4710 Appliance
• Lesson 6:  Layer 4 Load Balancing
• Lesson 7:  Health Monitoring
• Lesson 8:  Layer 7 Protocol Processing
• Lesson 9:  Processing Secure Connections

Module 3:  Optimizing the Design

• Lesson 1:  Integrating Multiple Features
• Lesson 2:  Web Application Acceleration Overview
• Lesson 3:  Deploying Application Acceleration and Optimization

Module 4:  Designing Global Server Load Balancing

• Lesson 1:  Global Server Load Balancing Overview
• Lesson 2:  DRP-Based Network Proximity
• Lesson 3:  DNS Sticky
• Lesson 4:  Management Roles

Labs: 

• Implementing Virtualization
• Configuring Server Load Balancing
• Configuring Layer 7 Load Balancing
• Configuring SSL Termination
• Integrating Multiple Features
• Using Device Manager to Configure Contexts
• Configuring Server Load Balancing with Device Manager
• Implementing Health Monitoring with Device Manager
• Configuring Layer 7 Load Balancing with Device Manager
• Enabling HTTP Optimization
• Implementing the Cisco Global Site Selector