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Course	Length	Format	Select an option
Designing Data Center Application Services (DCASD) v1.0	5 days	Lecture/lab
Course outline
Module 1: Data Center Application Services Overview Lesson 1: IP-Based Data Center Applications IP Application Review Web Technology Overview GSLB Overview Describe Wide Area Application Acceleration Lesson 2: Data Center Application Architecture Multi-Tier Applications Intra-Datacenter Redundancy Multi-Datacenter Redundancy Application Delivery Products Lesson 3: Deploying the ACE Appliance and Service Module Connecting ACE to the Network Network Topologies ACE 4710 Installation Procedure ACE Appliance GUI Virtualization Resource Management Authorizing Management Users Configuring Interfaces What You Need Virtualization and Resource Management Design Module 2: Designing Server Load Balancing Solutions Lesson 1: Modular Policy CLI Class Maps Policy Maps Applying Policy Maps Lesson 2: Managing the ACE Appliance and Service Module Permitting Management Traffic SNMP Manageability Application Networking Manager Lesson 3: Security Features IP Access Control Lists ACL Object Groups TCP/IP Fragmentation/Reassembly TCP/IP Normalization SYN Cookies Network Address Translation Lesson 4: Layer 4 Load Balancing Load-Balancing Concepts Load-Balancing Algorithms Configuring Layer 4 Load Balancing Traffic Rate Limiting Load-Balancing Concepts What You Need Server Load-Balancing Design Considerations Lesson 5: Health Monitoring Health Monitoring Overview Active Health Probes HTTP Error Code Monitoring Using TCL Scripting Route Health Injection Backup Servers/Server Farms What You Need Health Monitoring Design Considerations Lesson 6: Layer 7 Protocol Processing Configuring HTTP Layer 7 Load Balancing Persistent and Pipelined HTTP Extensions Server Reuse HTTP Modifications Session Persistence Protocol Inspection HTTP Inspection FTP Protocol Processing RDP Protocol Processing Radius Protocol Processing RTSP Protocol Processing SIP Protocol Processing Generic Protocol Parsing Other Inspected Protocols What You Need Layer 7 Design Considerations Lesson 7: Processing Secure Connections Digital Encryption Technologies SSL Service Options Configuring a Public Key Infrastructure Configuring SSL Proxy Services SSL Session Reuse Functional Overview SSL Queue Delay Functional Overview SSL Client Authentication Functional Overview What You Need SSL Design Considerations Lesson 8: Migrating From CSS and CSM Overview of CSS and CSM Migrating CSS Configurations Migrating CSM Configurations Module 3: Designing Web Application Acceleration Solutions Lesson 1: Web Application Acceleration Overview Web Performance Factors Web Acceleration Architecture Lesson 2: Deploying Application Acceleration and Optimization FlashForward Delta Optimization Smart Redirect Fast Redirect FlashConnect Just-in-Time Object Acceleration Adaptive Dynamic Cache Compression Overview Configuring Compression What You Need Web Acceleration Design Considerations Module 4: Designing Site-to-Site Load Balancing Solutions Lesson 1: Deploying the GSS Introducing GSS Purpose of GSLB ACE GSS Installation Procedure Connect the GSS to the network Lesson 2: Managing the GSS Default Management Roles Configuring Management Roles GSS Network Management Lesson 3: Designing Global Server Load Balancing GSLB Methods GSS Load and Keep Alive Tracking KAL-AP Integration Using Network Proximity GSS Zones and Locations Proximity Subsystem and Database Proximity Network Design Guidelines Configuring Network Proximity Using DNS Sticky DNS Sticky Configuration and Monitoring What You Need Module 5: Optimizing the DCAS Solution Lesson 1: High Availability Redundancy Object Tracking Failover State Replication Fault-Tolerance Configuration GSS Redundancy Lesson 2: WAN Optimization Introduction to Cisco WAAS Cisco WAAS Products WAN Application Performance Factors WAN Optimization Overview Application Acceleration Overview Load-Balancing WAEs Firewall Design and WAAS Lesson 3: Designing Application Services Analyzing Network Requirements Sizing Guidelines Designing Virtualization Designing Server Load Balancing Services Designing Application Security Services Designing Web Acceleration Services Designing Site-to-Site Load Balancing Building an Application Services Demo

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