Table Of Contents

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

Index

A

ACE

boot configuration 1-27

capturing packet information 4-23

configuration checkpoint and rollback service 4-27

configuration files, loading from remote server 4-7

configuration files, saving 4-1

console connection 1-4

date and time, configuring 1-16

Flash memory, reformatting 4-30

inactivity timeout 1-13

information, displaying 5-1

licenses, managing 3-1

logging in 1-8

message-of-the-day banner 1-14

MIBs 7-5

naming 1-12

password, changing administrative 1-6, 1-9

password, changing CLI account 1-11

password, changing www user 1-6

redundant configuration 6-1

remote access 2-1

restarting 1-31

setting up 1-1

setup script 1-5

shutting down 1-33

SNMP 7-1

terminal settings 1-24

upgrading A-1

username, changing 1-9

using file system 4-8

Admin

user 1-8, 8-6

alias IP address 6-11

B

boot configuration

BOOT environment variable 1-28, 4-12

boot method 1-27, A-10

configuration register, setting boot method 1-27, A-10

displaying 1-29

ignoring startup-configuration file 1-29

modifying 1-27

upgrading A-10

BOOT environment variable, setting 1-28, 4-12

boot method, setting 1-27, A-10

C

capturing packets 4-24

copying buffer 4-25, 4-27

checkpoint, configuration

creating 4-27

deleting 4-28

displaying 4-29

rolling back to 4-29

class map

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

Layer 3 and 4, for SNMP 7-48

remote management 2-5

SNMP management traffic 7-48

XML 8-8

clearing

ICMP statistics 5-11

CLI

account password, changing 1-11

saving session 1-5

user management of SNMP 7-3

clock

daylight saving time, setting 1-20

NTP server, sychronizing ACE system clock 1-22

setting 1-16

timezone, setting 1-17

communities, SNMP 7-35

configurational examples

redundancy 6-41

SNMP 7-59

configuration checkpoint and rollback service

creating configuration checkpoint 4-27

deleting configuration checkpoint 4-28

displaying checkpoint information 4-29

rolling back configuration 4-29

using 4-27

configuration command failures

displaying bulk synchronization 6-28

configuration files

clearing startup file 4-6

copying to disk0 file system 4-3

displaying 4-4

loading from remote server 4-7

merging startup with running 4-4

saving 4-1

saving in Flash memory 4-2

saving to remote server 4-2

configuration register

setting boot method 1-27, A-10

configuration synchronization

overview 6-4

SSL certs and keys 6-19, 6-20

console

connection to ACE 1-4

contact, SNMP 7-36

context

directly accessing with SSH 2-21

copying

configuration files 4-2, 4-3

core dumps 4-21

files 4-8

files from remote server 4-12

files to remote server 4-10

licenses 4-9

packet capture buffer 4-10

software image 4-12

upgrade image A-9

copyright, displaying 5-3

core dumps 4-21

clearing core directory 4-22

copying 4-21

deleting 4-23

D

date and time

configuring 1-16

daylight saving time setting 1-20

time zone setting 1-17

daylight saving time setting 1-20

default user

admin 1-8, 8-6

dm 1-8, 8-6

www 1-8, 8-6

demo license, replacing with permanent license 3-8

Device Manager GUI, enabling connectivity 1-5

directory

copying files 4-9

creating in disk0 4-15

deleting from disk0 4-15

listing files 4-18

disk0

creating new directory in 4-15

deleting directory in 4-15

moving files in 4-15

overview 4-8

uncompressing files in 4-13

untarring files in 4-14

display attributes, terminal 1-24

displaying

copyright 5-3

FT bulk synchronization configuration command failures 6-28

FT group information 6-29

FT peer information 6-33

FT statistics 6-35

FT tracking information 6-36

hardware information 5-2

ICMP statistics 5-11

information on ACE 5-1

memory statistics 6-32

NTP statistics and information 1-33

process status 5-7

redundancy history 6-32

system information 5-9

system processes 5-4

technical support information 5-13

dm user 1-8, 8-6

downgrading

before you begin A-7

task flow A-7

DTD

accessing 8-18

overview 8-4

F

failover

forcing 6-18

stateful 6-3

failure detection 6-21

host or gateway 6-22

interface 6-25

overview 6-21

fault tolerance

See redundancy

file system

copying files from remote server 4-12

copying files to directory 4-9

copying files to remote server 4-10

copying image to remote server 4-12

copying licenses 4-9

copying packet capture buffer 4-10

creating new directory in disk0 4-15

deleting directory in disk0 4-15

deleting files 4-16

listing files 4-18

moving files in disk0 4-15

overview 4-8

saving show command output to file 4-19

uncompressing files in disk0 4-13

untarring files in disk0 4-14

using ACE 4-8

Flash memory

file system overview 4-8

reformatting 4-30

saving configuration files in 4-2

FT group

configuring 6-14

displaying information 6-29

modifying 6-16

FT peer

configuring 6-12

displaying information 6-33

FT tracking, displaying information 6-36

FT VLAN 6-4, 6-9

G

gateway failure detection

See failure detection

GRUB bootloader 1-30, 1-32

H

hardware information, displaying 5-2

host failure detection

See failure detection

HTTP

return codes between server and client 8-3

HyperTerminal

launching 1-4

saving session 1-5

I

ICMP

clearing statistics 5-11

displaying statistics 5-11

enabling messages to the ACE 2-20

image

autobooting image A-10

BOOT environment variable 1-28

copying to remote server 4-12

copying upgrade image to ACE A-9

software image information, displaying A-11

version A-11

inactivity timeout 1-13

interface failure detection

See failure detection

IP address

alias 6-11

K

key

generating for license 3-6

pair for SSH host 2-17

L

Layer 3 and 4 policy map

for management traffic 8-11

SNMP, creating 7-50

Layer 3 and Layer 4 class map

management traffic, creating for 8-8

SNMP, creating for 7-48

licenses

backing up 3-13

copying 4-9

copying to ACE 3-6

displaying configuration and statistics 3-14

generating key 3-6

installing 3-7

list of available 3-1

managing 3-1

ordering upgrade license 3-6

removing 3-9

replacing demo with permanent 3-8

location, SNMP 7-37

logging

into ACE 1-8

M

management access

Layer 3 and 4 traffic 8-11

SSH, configuring 2-16

Telnet 2-15

message-of-the-day banner 1-14

MIBs 7-5

monitoring

See SNMP

moving files in disk0 4-15

N

naming the ACE 1-12

notifications

error messages 7-41

IETF standard, enabling 7-42

options 7-42

SLB 7-41

SNMP 7-27, 7-38, 7-41

SNMP, enabling 7-40

SNMP host, configuring 7-38

SNMP license manager 7-41

types 7-41

virtual context change 7-41

NTP server

NTP peer associations, configuring 1-22

NTP server associations, configuring 1-22

overview 1-22

statistics and information, viewing 1-33

synchronizing ACS 1-22

P

packet buffer 4-23

capturing packets 4-24

copying capture buffer 4-10, 4-25, 4-27

password

Admin password, changing for CLI account 1-6

changing administrative 1-9

changing CLI account 1-11

www user password, changing for CLI account 1-6

peer

See FT peer

ping, enabling 2-20

policy map

Layer 3 and 4, for management traffic 8-11

Layer 3 and 4, for SNMP 7-50

remote access 2-9

remote access policy map, applying 2-11, 2-13

SNMP management traffic 7-50

XML 8-11

processes

displaying 5-4

displaying status of 5-7

Q

quick start

remote access 2-3

R

redundancy 6-1

configuration command failures, displaying 6-28

configuration examples 6-41

configuration requirements 6-5

configuration synchronization overview 6-4

configuring 6-9

failure detection and tracking 6-21

forcing failover 6-18

FT group, configuring 6-14

FT group information, displaying 6-29

FT peer, configuring 6-12

FT peer information, displaying 6-33

FT statistics, displaying 6-35

FT tracking information, displaying 6-36

FT VLAN 6-4

FT VLAN, configuring 6-9

history, displaying 6-32

memory statistics, displaying 6-32

overview 6-1

protocol 6-2

software upgrade or downgrade 6-5

stateful failover 6-3

statistics, clearing 6-39

synchronizing 6-19

synchronizing SSL certs and keys 6-20

task flow 6-7

reformatting Flash memory 4-30

remote access

class map, creating 2-5

enabling 2-1

network management traffic services, configuring 2-4

policy map 2-9, 2-11, 2-13

quick start 2-3

SSH, configuring 2-16

Telnet 2-15

terminating user session 2-19

remote server

copying files from 4-12

copying files to 4-10

copying image to 4-12

loading configuration files from 4-7

saving configuration files to 4-2

restarting ACE 1-31

retrieving user context through the Admin context IP address when using SNMP 7-45

rollback service

See configuration checkpoint and rollback service

running configuration

copying to disk0 file system 4-3

merging with startup 4-4

saving to startup configuration file 4-2

viewing 4-4

S

service policy

SNMP management policy map, applying 7-52, 7-53, 8-13, 8-14

session

maximum number for SSH 2-16

SSH information, showing 2-23, 2-24

Telnet information, showing 2-23, 2-24

terminating SSH or Telnet 2-19

to ACE 1-8

setting up ACE 1-1

setup script

configuring ACE 1-5

Device Manager GUI, enabling connectivity 1-5

show command

enabling the exchange of output in XML 8-15

saving output to file 4-19

viewing hardware and software configuration information 5-1

shutting down ACE 1-33

Simple Network Management Protocol

See SNMP

SNMP

AAA integration 7-3

agents, communication 7-2

agents, overview 7-2

class map, creating 7-48

CLI user management 7-3

communities 7-35

configuration examples 7-59

configuring the engine ID 7-46

contact 7-36

IETF standard 7-42

linkDown trap 7-42

linkUp trap 7-42

location 7-37

management traffic, configuring 7-47

managers, communication 7-2

managers, overview 7-2

MIBs 7-5

MIB table and object support 7-15

notifications 7-38

overview 7-1

policy map, creating 7-50

retrieving user context through the Admin context IP address 7-45

service policy 7-52, 7-53, 8-13, 8-14

statistics 7-55

task flow 7-31

traps 7-27

traps and informs 7-3

unmasking community and community security name OIDs 7-43

users, configuring 7-32

VLAN interface, assigning 7-44

software licenses

See licenses

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 session information 2-23, 2-24

terminating session 2-19

version 2-7

SSL

certificates and keys, synchronizing 6-20

startup configuration

copying to disk0 file system 4-3

ignoring 1-29

merging with running 4-4

saving to remote server 4-2

updating with running configuration 4-2

viewing 4-4

stateful failover 6-3

statistics

FT 6-35

FT, clearing 6-40

license 3-14

memory 6-32

redundancy history, clearing 6-40

SNMP 7-55

stopping ACE 1-33

synchronizing

configuration 6-4

SSL certs and keys 6-19

synchronizing redundant configurations 6-19

system information, displaying 5-9

system processes

displaying 5-4

displaying status of 5-7

T

task flow

downgrading A-7

redundancy 6-7

SNMP 7-31

upgrading A-4

XML 8-7

technical support information, displaying 5-13

Telnet

management access, configuring 2-15

showing information 2-23, 2-24

terminating session 2-19

terminal settings

configuring 1-24

display attributes 1-24

virtual terminal line settings 1-26

time, setting 1-16

time zone setting 1-17

tracking

See failure detection

traps, SNMP 7-3, 7-27

U

uncompressing files in disk0 4-13

untarring files in disk0 4-14

upgrade license 3-6

upgrading

booting image A-10

copying image to ACE A-9

image information A-11

overview A-1

reloading ACE A-11

task flow A-4

user

configuring for SNMP 7-32

user context

accessing by SNMP through the Admin context IP address 7-45

directly accessing with SSH 2-21

username

changing 1-9

V

version, software A-11

virtual terminal line settings 1-26

VLANs

for SNMP traps 7-44

FT VLAN for redundancy 6-4, 6-9

volatile file system 4-8

W

www user 1-8, 8-6

X

XML

class map, creating 8-8

DTD, accessing 8-18

DTD, overview 8-4

example of CLI command and XML equivalent 8-20

HTTP and HTTPS support 8-2

HTTP return codes 8-3

management traffic, configuring 2-8, 8-8

overview 8-1

policy map, creating 8-11

show command output 8-15

task flow 8-7