Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Preface

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This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Getting Started Guide (italicize name). It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

This preface contains the following major sections:

•Audience

•Organization

•Related Documentation

•Conventions

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Audience

This guide is intended for the following trained and qualified service personnel who are responsible for configuring the ACE:

•Web master

•System administrator

•System operator

Organization

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, Overview	Provides an overview of the major functions and features of the ACE.
Chapter 2, Setting Up an ACE	Provides procedures to initially configure the ACE to allow the passing of traffic and remote access.
Chapter 3, Configuring Virtualization	Provides procedures to partition the ACE into virtual contexts for more efficient operation.
Chapter 4, Configuring Access Control Lists	Provides procedures to configure an access control list in an ACE to secure your network.
Chapter 5, Configuring Role-Based Access Control	Provides procedures to configure a user with permission to perform limited operations and access a subset of your network.
Chapter 6, Configuring Server Load Balancing	Provides procedures to configure the ACE to allow basic server load balancing.
Chapter 7, Configuring a Load-Balancing Predictor	Provides procedures to select a predefined predictor for server load balancing.
Chapter 8, Configuring Server Persistence Using Stickiness	Provides procedures to configure server persistence for requests from a client using stickiness.
Chapter 9, Configuring SSL Security	Provides procedures to configure SSL security for your network.
Chapter 10, Configuring Health Monitoring Using Health Probes	Provides procedures to configure server health monitoring using health probes.
Chapter 11, Configuring Route Health Injection	Provides procedures to configure route health injection (RHI).
Chapter 12, Configuring Redundant ACE Modules	Provides procedures for configuring fault tolerance in your network.
Chapter 13, Configuring Bridged Mode	Provides procedures for configuring your ACE to operate at Layer 2 with the client-side VLAN and the server-side VLAN in the same IP subnet.
Chapter 14, Configuring One-Arm Mode	Provides procedures for configuring your ACE to operate in a network where the clients and the servers are in the same VLAN.

If you are already familiar with the ACE appliance and would like to quickly set up the device for basic server load balancing, you can follow the configuration procedures in the following chapters:

•Chapter 2, Setting Up an ACE

•Chapter 3, Configuring Virtualization

•Chapter 6, Configuring Server Load Balancing

The remaining chapters allow you to explore additional capabilities of the ACE.

Related Documentation

In addition to this document, the ACE documentation set includes the following documents:

Document Title	Description
Release Note for the Application Control Engine Module	Provides information about operating considerations, caveats, and CLI commands for the ACE.
Installation Note, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine ACE30 Module	Provides information for installing the ACE.
Administration Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to perform the following administration tasks on the ACE: •Setting up the ACE •Establishing remote access •Managing software licenses •Configuring class maps and policy maps •Managing the ACE software •Configuring SNMP •Configuring redundancy •Configuring the XML interface •Upgrading the ACE software
Cisco CSM-to-ACE Conversion Tool User Guide	Describes how to use the CSM-to-ACE conversion tool to migrate Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM) running or startup configuration files to the ACE.
Cisco CSS-to-ACE Conversion Tool User Guide	Describes how to use the CSS-to-ACE conversion tool to migrate Cisco Content Services Switches (CSS) running or startup configuration files to the ACE.
Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Configuration Examples Wiki	Provides examples of common configurations for load balancing, security, SSL, routing and bridging, virtualization, and so on.
Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Troubleshooting Wiki	Describes the procedures and methodology in wiki format to troubleshoot the most common problems that you may encounter during the operation of your ACE.
Command Reference, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Provides an alphabetical list and descriptions of all CLI commands by mode, including syntax, options, and related commands.
Routing and Bridging Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to perform the following routing and bridging tasks on the ACE: •VLAN interfaces •IPv6, including transitioning IPv4 networks to IPv6, IPv6 header format, IPv6 addressing, and suported protocols. •Routing •Bridging •Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Server Load-Balancing Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to configure the following server load-balancing tasks on the ACE: •Real servers and server farms •Class maps and policy maps to load balance traffic to real servers in server farms •Server health monitoring (probes) •Stickiness •Firewall load balancing •TCL scripts
Security Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to perform the following ACE security configuration tasks: •Access control lists (ACLs) •User authentication and accounting using a Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+), Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS), or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server •Application protocol and HTTP deep packet inspection •TCP/IP normalization and termination parameters •Network address translation (NAT)
SSL Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to configure the following SSL tasks on the ACE: •SSL certificates and keys •SSL initiation •SSL termination •End-to-end SSL
System Message Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to configure system message logging on the ACE. This guide also lists and describes the system log (syslog) messages generated by the ACE.
User Guide, Cisco Application Networking Manager	Describes how to use Cisco Application Networking Manager (ANM), a networking management application for monitoring and configuring network devices, including the ACE.
Virtualization Guide, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine	Describes how to operate your ACE in a single context or in multiple contexts and how to configure Role-Based Access Control.

Conventions

This publication uses the following conventions:

Convention	Description
boldface font	Commands, command options, and keywords are in boldface. Bold text also indicates a command in a paragraph.
italic font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
[   ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{ x | y | z }	Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
[ x | y | z ]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	An unquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
screen font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information you must enter on a command line is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
^	The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control—for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
<   >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords are in angle brackets.

1. A numbered list indicates that the order of the list items is important.

a. An alphabetical list indicates that the order of the secondary list items is important.

•A bulleted list indicates that the order of the list topics is unimportant.

–An indented list indicates that the order of the list subtopics is unimportant.

Notes use the following conventions:

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

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Cautions use the following conventions:

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html