Table Of Contents

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - L - M - N - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X -

Index

A

ACE

Admin account password, recovering for CLI account 1-10

boot configuration 1-33

capturing packet information 5-31

configuration checkpoint and rollback service 5-40

configuration files, loading from remote server 5-11

configuration files, saving 5-1

console connection 1-2

date and time, configuring 1-15

Flash memory, reformatting 5-43

inactivity timeout 1-12

information, displaying 5-1

licenses, managing 3-1

logging in 1-7

message-of-the-day banner 1-13

MIBs 7-7

naming 1-12

password, changing administrative 1-4, 1-9, A-3

password, changing www user 1-5, A-3

remote access 2-1

restarting 1-39

setting up 1-1

setup script 1-3

shutting down 1-40

SNMP 7-1

terminal settings 1-29

upgrading A-1

using file system 5-13

XML, configuring 8-1

Admin

user 1-7, 8-2, A-3

B

boot configuration

BOOT environment variable 1-35, 5-20

boot method 1-33, A-18

configuration register, setting boot method 1-33, A-18

displaying 1-39

ignoring startup-configuration file 1-36

modifying 1-33

upgrading A-18

BOOT environment variable, setting 1-35, 5-20

boot method, setting 1-33, A-18

C

capturing packets 5-31

copying buffer 5-35

displaying buffer 5-36

checkpoint, configuration

creating 5-41

deleting 5-42

displaying 5-43

rolling back to 5-42

class map

Layer 3 and 4, creating for management traffic 8-14

Layer 3 and 4, for SNMP 7-63

remote management 2-5

remote management description 2-6

remote management protocol match criteria 2-7

SNMP management traffic 7-63

XML 8-14

CLI

Admin password, recovering 1-10

saving session 1-3

user management of SNMP 7-6

clock

daylight saving time, setting 1-19

NTP server, sychronizing ACE system clock 1-21

setting 1-15

timezone, setting 1-16

viewing system clock settings 1-21

communities, SNMP 7-50

configurational examples

redundancy 6-40

remote access 2-23

SNMP 7-71

configuration checkpoint and rollback service

creating configuration checkpoint 5-41

deleting configuration checkpoint 5-42

displaying checkpoint information 5-43

overview 5-40

rolling back configuration 5-42

using 5-40

configuration files

clearing startup file 5-10

copying to disk0 file system 5-5

displaying 5-7

displaying user context from the Admin context 5-10

loading from remote server 5-11

merging startup with running 5-6

saving 5-1

saving in Flash memory 5-3

saving to remote server 5-4

configuration register

setting boot method 1-33, A-18

values 1-33

configuration synchronization

redundancy 6-7

SSL certs and keys 6-29

console

connection to ACE 1-2

contact, SNMP 7-52

context

associating with FT group 6-21

directly accessing with SSH 2-21

copying

configuration files 5-4, 5-5

core dumps 5-29

files 5-15

files from remote server 5-20

files to remote server 5-18

licenses 5-16

packet capture buffer 5-17

software image 5-21

upgrade image A-16

copyright, displaying 5-3

core dumps 5-28

clearing core directory 5-30

copying 5-29

deleting 5-30

D

date and time

configuring 1-15

daylight saving time setting 1-19

time zone setting 1-16

viewing system clock 1-21

daylight saving time setting 1-19

default user

admin 1-7, 8-2, A-3

dm 1-7, 8-2

www 1-7, 8-2, A-3

demo license, replacing with permanent license 3-9

Device Manager GUI, enabling connectivity 1-3

directory

copying files 5-16

creating in disk0 5-23

deleting from disk0 5-24

listing files 5-14

disk0

creating new directory in 5-23

deleting directory in 5-24

moving files in 5-24

overview 5-13

uncompressing files in 5-22

untarring files in 5-23

display attributes, terminal 1-29

displaying

copyright 5-3

file contents 5-26

FT group information 6-43

FT peer information 6-50

FT statistics 6-55

FT tracking information 6-59

hardware information 5-3

hardware inventory 5-4

ICMP statistics 5-15

information on ACE 5-1

memory statistics 6-50

NTP statistics and information 1-23

process status 5-10

redundancy configuration 6-43

redundancy history 6-50

software version 5-2

system information 5-13

system processes 5-5

technical support information 5-16

dm user 1-7, 8-2

downgrading

before you begin A-12

quick start A-12

DTD

accessing 8-27

overview 8-7

E

environment

boot environment variable, setting 1-35

F

failover

forcing 6-26

stateful 6-5

failure detection 6-30

host or gateway 6-31

host or gateway, example configuration 6-36

host or gateway, IP address 6-32, 6-34

host or gateway, probe 6-33, 6-35

host or gateway, probe priority 6-34, 6-35

host or gateway, process 6-32

interface 6-37

interface, example 6-40

interface, interface priority 6-38, 6-39

interface, interface to track 6-38, 6-39

interface, process 6-37

overview 6-30

file system

copying files from remote server 5-20

copying files to directory 5-16

copying files to remote server 5-18

copying image to remote server 5-21

copying licenses 5-16

copying packet capture buffer 5-17

creating new directory in disk0 5-23

deleting directory in disk0 5-24

deleting files 5-25

displaying file contents 5-26

listing files 5-14

moving files in disk0 5-24

overview 5-13

saving show command output to file 5-27

uncompressing files in disk0 5-22

untarring files in disk0 5-23

using ACE 5-13

Flash memory

file system overview 5-13

reformatting 5-43

saving configuration files in 5-3

FT group

assigning priority to group member 6-22

assigning priority to standby group member 6-22

associating context 6-21

associating peer 6-21

configuring 6-20

displaying information 6-43

modifying 6-25

placing in service 6-24

preemption, configuring 6-23

FT peer

associating with FT group 6-21

associating with FT VLAN 6-17

configuring 6-16

displaying information 6-50

heartbeat configuration 6-17

query interface, configuring 6-19

FT tracking, displaying information 6-59

FT VLAN 6-6, 6-12

associating with FT peer 6-17

creating 6-13

enabling 6-16

IP address 6-14

peer IP address 6-15

G

gateway failure detection

See failure detection

GRUB bootloader 1-34, 1-37

H

hardware information, displaying 5-3, 5-4

heartbeat

configuration 6-17

host failure detection

See failure detection

HTTP

return codes between server and client 8-5

HyperTerminal

launching 1-2

saving session 1-3

I

ICMP

displaying statistics 5-15

enabling messages to the ACE 2-19

image

autobooting image A-18

BOOT environment variable 1-35

copying to remote server 5-21

copying upgrade image to ACE A-16

software image information, displaying A-21

version A-21

inactivity timeout 1-12

interface failure detection

See failure detection

inventory, displaying hardware 5-4

K

key

generating for license 3-6

pair for SSH host 2-17

L

Layer 3 and 4 class map

management traffic, creating for 8-14

SNMP, creating for 7-63

Layer 3 and 4 policy map

description 2-10

for management traffic 2-9, 8-17

SNMP, creating 7-66

specifying traffic class 2-11

licenses

backing up 3-16

copying 5-16

copying to ACE 3-7

displaying configuration and statistics 3-18

generating key 3-6

installing 3-8

list of available 3-2

managing 3-1

ordering upgrade license 3-6

removing 3-10

replacing demo with permanent 3-9

location, SNMP 7-52

logging

into ACE 1-7

M

management access

Layer 3 and 4 traffic 8-17

Layer 3 and 4 traffic policy 2-9

SSH, configuring 2-16

Telnet 2-15

message-of-the-day banner 1-13

MIBs 7-7

monitoring

See SNMP

moving files in disk0 5-24

N

naming the ACE 1-12

notifications

error messages 7-56

IETF standard, enabling 7-57

options 7-56

SLB 7-55

SNMP 7-41, 7-53, 7-56

SNMP, enabling 7-55

SNMP host, configuring 7-53

SNMP license manager 7-55

types 7-55

virtual context change 7-56

NTP server

NTP peer associations, configuring 1-22

NTP server associations, configuring 1-22

overview 1-21

statistics, clearing 1-28

statistics and information, viewing 1-23

synchronizing ACS 1-21

P

packet buffer 5-31

capturing packets 5-31

copying capture buffer 5-17, 5-35

displaying capture buffer 5-36

password

Admin password, changing for CLI account 1-4, 1-9, A-3

Admin password, recovering for CLI account 1-10

www user password, changing for CLI account 1-5, A-3

peer

See FT peer

ping, enabling 2-19

policy map

actions for remote access 2-12

actions for SNMP 7-68, 8-20

Layer 3 and 4, for management traffic 2-9, 8-17

Layer 3 and 4, for SNMP 7-66

Layer 3 and 4, specifying traffic class 2-11

Layer 3 and 4 policy map description 2-10

remote access 2-9

SNMP management traffic 7-66

XML 8-17

probe

for failure detection 6-33, 6-35

processes

displaying 5-5

displaying status of 5-10

protocol match criteria, for remote class map 2-7

Q

query interface for FT peer 6-19

quick start

downgrading A-12

redundancy 6-9

remote access 2-2

SNMP 7-46

upgrading A-8

XML 8-11

R

redundancy

configuration, displaying 6-43

configuration examples 6-40

configuration requirements 6-8

configuration synchronization 6-7

configuring 6-12

failure detection and tracking 6-30

forcing failover 6-26

FT group, configuring 6-20

FT group information, displaying 6-43

FT peer, configuring 6-16

FT peer information, displaying 6-50

FT statistics, displaying 6-55

FT tracking information, displaying 6-59

FT VLAN 6-6

FT VLAN, configuring 6-12

history, displaying 6-50

memory statistics, displaying 6-50

overview 6-1

protocol 6-2

quick start 6-9

software upgrade or downgrade 6-8, A-5

stateful failover 6-5

states 6-46, 6-61

statistics, clearing 6-64

synchronizing 6-27

synchronizing SSL certificates and keys 6-29

reformatting Flash memory 5-43

remote access

class map, creating 2-5

class map description 2-6

class map protocol match criteria 2-7

configuration examples 2-23

enabling 2-1

network management traffic services, configuring 2-4

policy actions 2-12

policy map 2-9

quick start 2-2

service policy 2-13

SSH, configuring 2-16

Telnet 2-15

terminating user session 2-19

remote server

copying files from 5-20

copying files to 5-18

copying image to 5-21

loading configuration files from 5-11

saving configuration files to 5-4

restarting ACE 1-39

retrieving user context through the Admin context IP address when using SNMP 7-59

rollback service

See configuration checkpoint and rollback service

running configuration

copying to disk0 file system 5-5

merging with startup 5-6

saving to startup configuration file 5-3

viewing 5-7

viewing user context from the Admin context 5-10

S

service policy

HTTP management policy map, applying 8-20

HTTPS management policy map, applying 8-20

remote access policy map, applying 2-13

SNMP management policy map, applying 7-69

session

maximum number for SSH 2-16

SSH information, showing 2-25

SSH key details, showing 2-26

Telnet information, showing 2-24

terminating SSH or Telnet 2-19

to ACE 1-7

setting up ACE 1-1

setup script

configuring ACE 1-3

Device Manager GUI, enabling connectivity 1-3

show command

enabling the exchange of output in XML 8-24

saving output to file 5-27

viewing hardware and software configuration information 5-1

shutting down ACE 1-40

Simple Network Management Protocol

See SNMP

SNMP

AAA integration 7-6

agents, communication 7-4

agents, overview 7-3

class map, creating 7-63

CLI user management 7-6

communities 7-50

configuration examples 7-71

configuring the engine ID 7-60

contact 7-52

IETF standard 7-57

limitations 7-45

linkDown trap 7-57

linkUp trap 7-57

location 7-52

management traffic, configuring 7-62

managers, communication 7-4

managers, overview 7-3

MIBs 7-7

notifications 7-53

overview 7-2

policy actions 7-68, 8-20

policy map, creating 7-66

quick start 7-46

retrieving user context through the Admin context IP address 7-59

service policy 7-69

statistics 7-74

traps 7-41

traps and informs 7-5

users, configuring 7-48

VLAN interface, assigning 7-58

software licenses

See licenses

software version, displaying 5-2

SSH 2-16

directly accessing a user context 2-21

host key pairs 2-17

management access 2-16

maximum sessions 2-16

RSA key 2-18

showing key details 2-26

showing session information 2-25

terminating session 2-19

version 2-8

SSL

certificates and keys, synchronizing 6-29

startup configuration

copying to disk0 file system 5-5

ignoring 1-36

merging with running 5-6

saving to remote server 5-4

updating with running configuration 5-3

viewing 5-7

stateful failover 6-5

statistics

FT 6-55

FT, clearing 6-65

license 3-18

memory 6-50

redundancy history, clearing 6-66

SNMP 7-74

stopping ACE 1-40

synchronizing

configuration 6-7

redundant configurations 6-27

system information, displaying 5-13

system processes

displaying 5-5

displaying status of 5-10

T

technical support information, displaying 5-16

Telnet

management access, configuring 2-15

showing information 2-24

terminating session 2-19

terminal settings

configuring 1-29

display attributes 1-29

time, setting 1-15

time zone setting 1-16

tracking

See failure detection

traps, SNMP 7-5, 7-41

U

uncompressing files in disk0 5-22

untarring files in disk0 5-23

upgrade license 3-6

upgrading

booting image A-18

copying image to ACE A-16

image information A-21

overview A-1

quick start A-8

reloading ACE A-20

user

configuring for SNMP 7-48

user context

accessing by SNMP through the Admin context IP address 7-59

directly accessing with SSH 2-21

V

version, software 5-2, A-21

VLANs

for SNMP traps 7-58

FT VLAN for redundancy 6-6, 6-12

volatile file system 5-13

W

www user 1-7, 8-2, A-3

X

XML

class map, creating 8-14

DTD, accessing 8-27

DTD, overview 8-7

HTTP and HTTPS support 8-3

HTTP return codes 8-5

management traffic, configuring 2-8, 8-13

overview 8-2

policy map, creating 8-17

quick start 8-11

sample configuration 8-9

service policy 8-20

show command output 8-24