Course Details
Overview
This course will teach you how to design intelligent network services using the Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine Service Module, the Cisco Application Control Engine Appliance, the Cisco Global Site Selector, and Cisco Wide Area Application Services.
The course will cover Cisco Data Center Application Services implementation, operations, and optimization, focusing on the Cisco ACE family of products. You will describe how to deploy and configure network-based application services with the ACE family of products, design server load balancing solutions with the Cisco ACE Service Module and Appliance and describe the capabilities and configuration of the ACE features used to provide load balancing of IP-based applications.
Outline
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
Module 3: Designing Web Application Acceleration Solutions
- Web Application Acceleration Overview
- Deploying Application Acceleration and Optimization
Module 4: Designing Site-to-Site Load Balancing Solutions
- Deploying the GSS
- Managing the GSS
- Designing Global Server Load Balancing
- Module 5: Optimizing the DCAS Solution
- High Availability
- WAN Optimization
- Designing Application Services
Target Audience
- Channel Partner / Reseller
- Customer
- Employee
Pre-Requisites
Knowledge of Catalyst 6500 architecture and operations, Common web application protocols, including HTTP, HTML, XML, SSL, FTP, DNS, and LDAP, Common file system protocols, including CIFS and NFS, Traffic control and monitoring protocols, including WCCP, PBR, NBAR, NetFlow, RHI, QoS, IPSLA, and CEF.