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| Implementing the Application Control Engine Service Module (ACESM) v2.0 |
| Vendor Course Code: | ACESM 2.0 |
| Course Length: | 4 days |
| Course Price: | $4,400.00 plus $440.00 GST = $4,840.00 inc. GST |
| Availability: | Please call DDLS on 1800 U LEARN (1800 853 276) or  click here to register your interest. |
| Overview: | 
ACESM is a 4-day, instructor-led, lecture/lab course that teaches you how to design, deploy, and optimize intelligent network services using the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Service Module for Catalyst 6500 switches.
This course covers all of the key features of the ACE 2.0 software, 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 fix-ups.
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| Skills Gained: | After you complete this course, you will be able to:
• Describe IP application delivery with the ACE module
• Describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure ACE features
• Describe the capabilities the 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 an ACE context load balance traffic flows
• Configure an ACE context to monitor real servers
• Implement fix-ups and inspection
• Describe the ACE features that provide IP application security
• Implement SSL termination
• Configure network address translations
• Describe the high availability features of the ACE module
• Configure an ACE context to perform a variety functions in an integrated environment
• Troubleshoot common SLB configuration errors
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| Key Topics: | Lesson 1: Introducing ACE
Lesson 2: Deploying ACE
Lab 1: Implementing Virtualization
Lesson 3: Modular Policy CLI
Lesson 4: Managing the ACE Module
Lesson 5: Security Features
Lab 2: Using Network Address Translation
Lesson 6: Layer 4 Load Balancing
Lesson 7: Health Monitoring
Lab 3: Configuring Server Load Balancing
Lab 4: Implementing Health Monitoring
Lesson 8: Layer 7 Protocol Processing
Lab 5: Configuring Layer 7 Load Balancing
Lab 6: Enabling Sticky Connections
Lab 7: Enabling Protocol Inspection
Lesson 9: Processing Secure Connections
Lab 8: Configuring SSL Termination
Lesson 10: High Availability
Lesson 11: Integrating Multiple Features
Lab 9: Integrating Multiple Features
Lab 10: Troubleshooting Case Study 1: Common SLB Configuration Errors
Lab 11: Troubleshooting Case Study 2: Layer 7 SLB Configuration Errors
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| Target Audience: | 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. |
| Prerequisites: | 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
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