Implementing Data Center Application Services

Course description

In this course, you will learn how to implement intelligent network services using the Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine Service Module, the Cisco Application Control Engine 4710 Appliance, and the Cisco Global Site Selector (GSS).

This course covers all of the key features of the Cisco ACE, including resource virtualization and management, server load balancing (Layer 2-4 and Layer 7), SSL termination and offload, application-layer protocol inspection and fixups, and web application optimization features that are available on the ACE Appliance. Site-to-site failover with the Cisco GSS is also covered.

Learning objectives

After you complete this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the key functions provided by Cisco Data Center Application Services, and the products that support those functions
• Describe the key protocols used in IP-based data center applications
• Describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI
• Describe the web application acceleration feature set and how those features can be used in the muti-tier application and data center design
• Describe the configuration tasks necessary to deploy the Global Site Selector
• Describe the high-availability features of the ACE Family of products, which are used to provide reliable application networking services
• Describe the steps needed to troubleshoot Application Services
• Describe the methods used to manage the GSS
• Describe the capabilities and configuration of the GSS Global Server Load Balancing

Who should attend

This course is designed for Cisco Channel Partner Field Engineers (FEs) who are planning to achieve the Cisco Data Center Application Services (DCAS) Support Specialist Certification.

Recommended prerequisites

• CCNP, CCIE R&S or CCIE SP Certification
• Knowledge of Catalyst 6500 architecture and operations
• Familiarity with common web application protocols such as HTTP and HTML
• Familiarity with common traffic control and monitoring protocols such as RHI and QoS.

Related training

• Designing Data Center Application Services (DCASD) v1.0