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Cisco ACE Boot Camp (ACEBC) v3.1 4 days Lecture/lab
Course description
The Cisco ACE Boot Camp is a 4-day, instructor-led, lecture/lab course. In this course, you will learn how to deploy and configure the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine (ACE) module and the Cisco ACE 4710 appliance.

This course covers all of the key features of the ACE module and appliance, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 2-4 and Layer 7), SSL termination and offload, security features like application-layer inspection and fixups, and application optimization features.

Learning objectives
After you complete this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe IP traffic flows in n-tier web applications
  • Describe the key hardware and software features of the ACE module and appliance
  • Design and configure integration of the ACE into the network topology, including bridged, routed, and one-arm modes
  • Design and configure multiple ACE contexts to virtualize network services
  • Manage allocation of resources to virtual contexts
  • Describe the methods used to manage the ACE module and appliance
  • Use the Cisco Modular Policy CLI to configure ACE features
  • Configure IP application-based security
  • Configure Layer 4-7 load balancing
  • Configure health monitoring
  • Configure Layer 7 protocol processing options
  • Configure SSL protocol processing
  • Configure the web application acceleration features on the ACE appliance
  • Configure the ACE module or appliance for high availability to provide reliable application networking services
  • Apply a methodology for designing an end-to-end ACE configuration that integrates multiple feature sets
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 or appliance.

Recommended prerequisites
  • TCP/IP protocol
  • HTTP and SSL protocols
  • N-tier application architecture
  • Server load-balancing
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