ACESM is a four-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.

• Course Introduction
• Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco ACE Module
  • IP Protocol Stack Review
  • IP Application Review
  • Introducing the Cisco ACE Module
• Lesson 2: Deploying Cisco ACE Module
  • Connecting Cisco ACE to the Network
  • Network Topologies
  • Virtualization
  • Resource Management
  • Authorizing Management Users
  • Configuring Interfaces
• Lesson 3: Configuring Modular Policy CLI
  • Class Maps
  • Policy Maps
  • Applying Policy Maps
• Lesson 4: Managing the Cisco ACE Module
  • Permitting Management Traffic
  • SNMP Manageability
• Lesson 5: Understanding Security Features
  • IP Access Control Lists
  • ACL Object Groups
  • SYN Cookies
  • TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly
  • TCP/IP Normalization
  • Network Address Translation and Port Address Translation
• Lesson 6: Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing
  • Load-Balancing Concepts
  • Load-Balancing Algorithms
  • Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing
  • Traffic Rate Limiting
• Lesson 7: Configuring Health Monitoring
  • Health Monitoring Overview
  • Active Health Probes
  • HTTP Error-Code Monitoring
  • Using TCL Scripting
  • Route Health Injection
  • Backup Servers and Server Farms
  • KAL-AP Integration
• Lesson 8: Configuring Layer 7 Protocol Processing
  • HTTP Layer 7 Load Balancing
  • Persistent and Pipelined HTTP Extensions
  • HTTP Modifications
  • Session Persistence
  • HTTP Inspection
  • FTP Processing
  • RDP Processing
  • RADIUS Processing
  • RTSP Processing
  • SIP Processing
  • Generic Protocol Parsing
  • Inspected Protocols
• Lesson 9: Processing Secure Connections
  • Digital Encryption Technologies
  • SSL Service Options
  • Configuring a Public-Key Infrastructure
  • Configuring SSL Proxy Services
• Lesson 10: Understanding High Availability
  • Redundancy
  • Object Tracking
  • Failover
  • State Replication
  • Displaying Fault Tolerance Information
• Lesson 11: Integrating Multiple Features
  • Analyzing Network Requirements
  • Designing Cisco ACE Contexts
  • Designing Cisco ACE Features
  • Configuring Multiple Integrated Features
• Lab Guide

• 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 server farms.
  
• 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.