Implementing Data Center Application Services (DCASI)

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Field engineers responsible for the implementation and troubleshooting of Cisco ACE-based solutions

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:

• Network administrators and network engineers responsible for the implementation and troubleshooting of Cisco ACE-based solutions

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• Cisco Data Center Application Services Support Specialist (DCASI)

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• CCNA® or equivalent knowledge
• Familiarity with TCP/IP protocol suite
• Knowledge of HTTP and SSL protocols
• Basic understanding of n-tier application architecture
• Basic understanding of server load-balancing concepts

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe Enterprise Application Architecture
• Describe IP Application Delivery with the Cisco ACE module
• Describe the configuration tasks necessary to successfully deploy a Cisco ACE module
• Describe the structure and function of the Modular Policy CLI statements used to configure Cisco ACE features
• Describe and implement the methods used to manage the Cisco ACE module
• Describe and implement the Cisco ACE features that provide IP application-based security
• Describe and implement the capabilities and configuration of the Cisco ACE features used to provide load balancing of IP-based applications
• Describe and implement the health monitoring capabilities of the Cisco ACE module
• Identify the Layer 7 processing options used to provide advanced application networking
• Describe and implement the Cisco ACE support for SSL protocol processing
• Implement the technology used to design and configure multiple Cisco ACE features
• Design a plan of migration from the CSM and CSS to the Cisco ACE module and Appliance
• Describe and implement the ACE 4710 Web Application and Optimizations
• Describe and implement a GSS topology and successfully configure appliance.
• Describe and implement the high availability capabilities of the Cisco ACE products
• Identify the steps taken to troubleshooting application network services

Implementing Data Center Application Services (DCASI) v2.0 teaches learners how to implement a Cisco Data Center Application Services solution by deploying the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) service module, Cisco ACE appliance, and GSS. This course covers implementation of all of the key Cisco ACE features, including virtualization and role-based access control (RBAC), server load balancing (Layers 3 and 4 and Layers 5 to 7), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) termination and offload, security features including application-layer inspection, web application acceleration and optimization using the Cisco ACE Appliance. It also covers the Cisco ACE Global Site Selector (GSS) implementation of global server load balancing (GSLB).