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Implementing the Catalyst 6500 ACE Service Module (ACESM) v2.0 4 days Lecture/lab
Course description
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 fixups.

Learning objectives
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 serverfarms
  • Configure an ACE context load balance traffic flows
  • Configure an ACE context to monitor real servers
  • Implement fixups 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
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.

Recommended prerequisites
  • Familiarity with TCP/IP protocol suite
  • Knowledge of HTTP and SSL protocols
  • Basic understanding of N-tier application architecture
  • Basic understanding of server load-balancing concepts
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