Designing Cisco Data Center Application Services vv1.0

This course is intended for System Engineers and Network Architects responsible for the analysis and design of ACE based solutions.

• To be able to describe IP application delivery with the ACE module
• To be able to understand and describe the configuration tasks necessary to successfully deploy an ACE module
• To be able to describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure ACE features
• To understand the capabilities and configuration of the ACE features used to provide load balancing of IP-based applications
• To be able to identify the Layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking
• To be able to describe ACE support for SSL protocol processing
• To be able to describe the ACE features that provide IP application-based security
• To understand the high-availability features of the ACE module which are used to provide reliable application networking services.
• To be able to describe the methodology used to design and configure multiple ACE features

Module 1: Data Center Application Services Overview

• IP-Based Data Center Applications
• Data Center Application Architecture
• Deploying the ACE Appliance and Service Module

Module 2: Designing Server Load Balancing Solutions

• Modular Policy CLI
• Managing the ACE Appliance and Service Module
• Security Features
• Layer 4 Load Balancing
• Health Monitoring
• Layer 7 Protocol Processing
• Processing Secure Connections
• Migrating From CSS and CSM
• Web Application Acceleration Overview

Module 3: Designing Site-to-Site Load Balancing Solutions

• Deploying the GSS
• Managing the GSS
• Designing Global Server Load Balancing

Module 4: Optimizing the DCAS Solution

• High Availability
• WAN Optimization
• Designing Application Services