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 1-21

capturing packet information 4-37

configuration checkpoint and rollback service 4-42

configuration files, loading from remote server 4-7

configuration files, saving 4-1

console connection 1-3

date and time, configuring 1-12

Flash memory, reformatting 4-45

inactivity timeout 1-9

information, displaying 5-1

licenses, managing 3-1

logging in 1-4

message-of-the-day banner 1-10

MIBs 7-5

naming 1-9

password, changing administrative 1-6

password, changing CLI account 1-7

recovery from the ROMMON utility A-12

redundant configuration 6-1

remote access 2-1

restarting 1-23

setting up 1-1

shutting down 1-26

SNMP 7-1

terminal settings 1-17

upgrading A-1

username, changing 1-6

using file system 4-9

admin user 1-4, 8-6

alias IP address 6-10

B

backup

archive file 4-23

defaults 4-25

directory structure 4-23

errors, displaying 4-33

guidelines and limitations 4-24

naming conventions 4-23

overview 4-22

procedure 4-25

status, displaying 4-32

uses 4-22

boot configuration

BOOT environment variable 1-22, 4-14

booting from rommon prompt A-12

boot method 1-21, A-10

configuration register, setting boot method 1-21, A-10

displaying 1-23

modifying 1-21

upgrading A-10

BOOT environment variable, setting 1-22, 4-14

boot method, setting 1-21, A-10

C

capturing packets 4-38

copying buffer 4-40, 4-42

checkpoint, configuration

creating 4-42

deleting 4-43

displaying 4-44

rolling back to 4-44

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 1-7

restarting ACE from 1-24

saving session 1-4

user management of SNMP 7-3

clock

daylight saving time, setting 1-15

timezone, setting 1-12

communities, SNMP 7-35

configurational examples

redundancy 6-44

SNMP 7-59

configuration checkpoint and rollback service

creating configuration checkpoint 4-42

deleting configuration checkpoint 4-43

displaying checkpoint information 4-44

rolling back configuration 4-44

using 4-42

configuration command failures

displaying bulk synchronization 6-31

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 1-21, A-10

values 1-22

configuration synchronization

overview 6-4

SSL certs and keys 6-19, 6-20

console

connection to ACE 1-3

console line settings 1-19

contact, SNMP 7-36

context

directly accessing with SSH 2-20

copying

configuration files 4-2, 4-3

core dumps 4-35

files 4-10

files from remote server 4-14

files to remote server 4-12

licenses 4-11

packet capture buffer 4-12

software image 4-14

upgrade image A-9

copyright, displaying 5-3

core dumps 4-35

clearing core directory 4-36

copying 4-35

deleting 4-37

D

date and time

configuring 1-12

daylight saving time setting 1-15

time zone setting 1-12

daylight saving time setting 1-15

default user

admin 1-4, 8-6

www 1-4, 8-6

demo license, replacing with permanent license 3-6

directory

copying files 4-10

creating in disk0 4-17

deleting from disk0 4-17

listing files 4-19

disk0

creating new directory in 4-17

deleting directory in 4-17

moving files in 4-17

overview 4-10

uncompressing files in 4-15

untarring files in 4-16

display attributes, terminal 1-17

displaying

copyright 5-3

FT bulk synchronization configuration command failures 6-31

FT group information 6-32

FT peer information 6-36

FT statistics 6-38

FT tracking information 6-40

hardware information 5-2

ICMP statistics 5-11

information on ACE 5-1

memory statistics 6-36

process status 5-7

redundancy history 6-35

system information 5-9

system processes 5-4

technical support information 5-12

downgrading

before you begin A-7

task flow A-7

DTD

accessing 8-18

overview 8-4

F

failover

forcing 6-17

stateful 6-3

failure detection 6-21

host or gateway 6-22

HSRP group 6-27

HSRP requirements 6-27

interface 6-25

overview 6-21

fault tolerance

See redundancy

file system

copying files from remote server 4-14

copying files to directory 4-10

copying files to remote server 4-12

copying image to remote server 4-14

copying licenses 4-11

copying packet capture buffer 4-12

creating new directory in disk0 4-17

deleting directory in disk0 4-17

deleting files 4-18

listing files 4-19

moving files in disk0 4-17

overview 4-10

saving show command output to file 4-20

uncompressing files in disk0 4-15

untarring files in disk0 4-16

using ACE 4-9

Flash memory

file system overview 4-10

reformatting 4-45

saving configuration files in 4-2

FT group

configuring 6-13

displaying information 6-32

modifying 6-15

FT peer

configuring 6-11

displaying information 6-36

FT tracking, displaying information 6-40

FT VLAN 6-4, 6-9

G

gateway failure detection

See failure detection

H

hardware information, displaying 5-2

host failure detection

See failure detection

HSRP group

failure detection 6-27

tracking requirements 6-27

HTTP

return codes between server and client 8-3

HyperTerminal

launching 1-3

saving session 1-4

I

ICMP

clearing statistics 5-11

displaying statistics 5-11

enabling messages to the ACE 2-19

image

autobooting image A-10

BOOT environment variable 1-22

copying and booting from the supervisor engine A-14

copying to remote server 4-14

copying upgrade image to ACE A-9

software image information, displaying A-15

version A-15

inactivity timeout 1-9

interface failure detection

See failure detection

IP address

alias 6-10

K

key

generating for license 3-3

pair for SSH host 2-16

L

Layer 3 and 4 policy map

for management traffic 8-10

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 3-9, 3-10

copying 4-11

copying to ACE 3-3

displaying configuration and statistics 3-11

generating key 3-3

installing 3-4

list of available 3-1

managing 3-1

ordering upgrade license 3-3

removing 3-6

replacing demo with permanent 3-6

location, SNMP 7-37

logging

into ACE 1-4

M

management access

Layer 3 and 4 traffic 8-10

SSH, configuring 2-15

Telnet 2-14

message-of-the-day banner 1-10

MIBs 7-5

monitoring

See SNMP

moving files in disk0 4-17

N

naming the ACE 1-9

notifications

error messages 7-41

IETF standard, enabling 7-42

options 7-42

SLB 7-41

SNMP 7-28, 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

P

packet buffer 4-37

capturing packets 4-38

copying capture buffer 4-12, 4-40, 4-42

password

changing administrative 1-6

changing CLI account 1-7

peer

See FT peer

ping, enabling 2-19

policy map

Layer 3 and 4, for management traffic 8-10

Layer 3 and 4, for SNMP 7-50

remote access 2-8

remote access policy map, applying 2-11, 2-12

SNMP management traffic 7-50

XML 8-10

processes

displaying 5-4

displaying status of 5-7

Q

quick start

remote access 2-3

R

recovering the ACE from the ROMMON utility A-12

redundancy 6-1

configuration command failures, displaying 6-31

configuration examples 6-44

configuration requirements 6-5

configuration synchronization overview 6-4

configuring 6-8

failure detection and tracking 6-21

forcing failover 6-17

FT group, configuring 6-13

FT group information, displaying 6-32

FT peer, configuring 6-11

FT peer information, displaying 6-36

FT statistics, displaying 6-38

FT tracking information, displaying 6-40

FT VLAN 6-4

FT VLAN, configuring 6-9

history, displaying 6-35

memory statistics, displaying 6-36

overview 6-1

protocol 6-2

software upgrade or downgrade 6-5

stateful failover 6-3

statistics, clearing 6-42

synchronizing 6-19

synchronizing SSL certs and keys 6-20

task flow 6-7

reformatting Flash memory 4-45

remote access

class map, creating 2-5

enabling 2-1

network management traffic services, configuring 2-4

policy map 2-8, 2-11, 2-12

quick start 2-3

SSH, configuring 2-15

Telnet 2-14

terminating user session 2-19

remote server

copying files from 4-14

copying files to 4-12

copying image to 4-14

loading configuration files from 4-7

saving configuration files to 4-2

restarting ACE 1-23

from ACE CLI 1-24

from Catalyst CLI 1-24

restore

defaults 4-25

errors, displaying 4-33

guidelines and limitations 4-24

overview 4-22

procedure 4-27

status, displaying 4-33

uses 4-22

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

rollback service

See configuration checkpoint and rollback service

rommon

mode 1-22

recovering the ACE from A-12

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 2-22, 2-23

Telnet information, showing 2-22, 2-23

terminating SSH or Telnet 2-19

to ACE 1-4

setting up ACE 1-1

show command

enabling the exchange of output in XML 8-15

saving output to file 4-20

viewing hardware and software configuration information 5-1

shutting down ACE 1-26

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 7-28

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 2-15

directly accessing a user context 2-20

host key pairs 2-16

management access 2-15

maximum sessions 2-16

RSA key 2-17

showing session information 2-22, 2-23

terminating session 2-19

version 2-7

SSL

certificates and keys, synchronizing 6-20

startup configuration

copying to disk0 file system 4-3

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 6-38

FT, clearing 6-43

license 3-11

memory 6-36

redundancy history, clearing 6-44

SNMP 7-55

stopping ACE 1-26

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 5-12

Telnet

management access, configuring 2-14

showing information 2-22, 2-23

terminating session 2-19

terminal settings

configuring 1-17

console line settings 1-19

display attributes 1-17

virtual terminal line settings 1-20

time zone setting 1-12

tracking

See failure detection

traps, SNMP 7-3, 7-28

U

uncompressing files in disk0 4-15

untarring files in disk0 4-16

upgrade license 3-3

upgrading

booting image A-10

copying image to ACE A-9

image information A-15

overview A-1

recovery from the ROMMON utility A-12

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 2-20

username

changing 1-6

V

version, software A-15

virtual terminal line settings 1-20

VLANs

for SNMP traps 7-44

FT VLAN for redundancy 6-4, 6-9

volatile file system 4-10

W

www user 1-4, 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 8-8

overview 8-1

policy map, creating 8-10

show command output 8-15

task flow 8-7