Cisco ACE 4700 Series Appliance Quick Start Guide, Release A3(1.0)
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The Cisco ACE 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Quick Start Guide provides the following information:
- An overview of the major functions and features of the Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine (ACE) appliance
- Instructions on how to initially configure the ACE to allow traffic and basic load balancing
- Instructions on how to configure the ACE to provide various scalability and security capabilities
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
How To Use This Guide
This guide is organized into the following sections:
- Overview—Provides an overview of the major functions and features of the ACE
- Setting Up an ACE Appliance—Provides procedures to initially configure the ACE to allow the passing of traffic and remote access
- Creating a Virtual Context—Provides procedures to partition the ACE into virtual contexts for more efficient operation
- Configuring Access Control Lists—Provides procedures to configure an access control list in an ACE to secure your network
- Configuring Role-Based Access Control—Provides procedures to configure a user with permission to perform limited operations and access a subset of your network
- Configuring Server Load Balancing—Provides procedures to configure the ACE to allow basic server load balancing
- Configuring a Load-Balancing Predictor—Provides procedures to select a predefined predictor for server load balancing
- Configuring Server Persistence Using Stickiness—Provides procedures to configure server persistence for requests from a client using stickiness
- Configuring SSL Security—Provides procedures to configure SSL security for your network
- Configuring Health Monitoring Using Health Probes—Provides procedures to configure server health monitoring using health probes
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 sections:
The remaining sections in this guide allow you to explore additional capabilities of the ACE.
Related Documentation
In addition to this document, the ACE documentation set includes the following documents:
