Cisco Data Centre & Storage

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

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.

DCASD is a 5-day, instructor-led, lecture / lab course. You will learn how to deploy and configure intelligent network services using the Cisco ACE Products, Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine (ACE) 4710 . This course covers all of 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 like application-layer inspection and fixups. The focus is on enabling the student to properly position the ACE products in the network for optimizing data center components and network resources.

Module 1: Data Center Application Services Overview.

Lesson 1: IP-Based Data Center Applications
Lesson 2: Data Center Application Architecture
Lesson 3: Deploying the ACE Appliance and Service Module

Module 2: Designing Server Load Balancing Solutions.

Lesson 1: Modular Policy CLI
Lesson 2: Managing the ACE Appliance and Service Module
Lesson 3: Security Features
Lesson 4: Layer 4 Load Balancing
Lesson 5: Health Monitoring
Lesson 6: Layer 7 Protocol Processing
Lesson 7: Processing Secure Connections
Lesson 8: Migrating From CSS and CSM

Module 3: Designing Web Application Acceleration Solutions.

Lesson 1: Web Application Acceleration Overview
Lesson 2: Deploying Application Acceleration and Optimization

Module 4: Designing Site-to-Site Load Balancing Solutions.

Lesson 1: Deploying the GSS
Lesson 2: Managing the GSS
Lesson 3: Designing Global Server Load Balancing

Module 5: Optimizing the DCAS Solution.

Lesson 1: High Availability
Lesson 2: WAN Optimization
Lesson 3: Designing Application Services