ACE 4710 lic'd performance
With the current (A5) ACE 4710 lic setup, does the "X gigabit per second appliance throughput" that is licensed affect: -
A) Only "appliance" i.e. load balancing traffic, any other normal routed traffic is not included in the limit
or
B) Is it an overall throughput limit on the interfaces i.e. includes all traffic not only load balancing traffic but also normal routed traffic crossing the appliance
Looking at a scenario where the lic size I need for HTTP load balanacing would be one size if A) but would need to be much larger is B) to accomodate out of hours routed backup traffic crossing the ACE 4710
thanks,
Sez
Hi Sez,
The license applies to the overall throughput, both routed and load-balanced traffic.
Regards
Daniel
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Sez -
ACE 4710 Web Optimization Licnesing
I currently have a 4710 running the 1Gbps package. We are utilizing Application Acceleration and are comg very close to hitting our 10,000 Web Optimization connection limit. I am trying to find out how to upgrade that.
I see in our license usage an option of ACE-AP-OPT-UP1-K9 but can find no information on this part number. Does anyone know if this is even available and what it brings you connection limit to?
ACE01/Admin# show license usage
License Ins Lic Status Expiry Date Comments
Count
ACE-AP-C-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-UP2 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-UP3 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-01-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-01-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-02-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-02-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-04-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-04-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-04-UP2 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-VIRT-5 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-500M-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-VIRT-020 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-100-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-500-LIC Yes 1 In use never -
ACE-AP-C-500-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-1000-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-2000-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-OPT-LIC-K9 Yes 1 In use never -
ACE-AP-OPT-UP1-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-05K-K9 Yes 1 In use never -
ACE-AP-SSL-07K-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-100-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-UP1-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSLUP-5K-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-VIRT-020-UP No - Unused -Unfortunately, ACE-AP-OPT-LIC-K9 is not available on ACE4710 and
ACE 4710 cannot handle more than 10,000 concurrent connections..
When you use the ACE to perform a specific set of application
acceleration and optimization functions, and the ACE reaches the
maximum of 10,000 concurrent connections, the appliance stops
accepting any additional concurrent connections until the count
drops below 10,000.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA3_x/command/reference/optimize.html#wp1048813
Regards,
Yuji -
ACE 4710 bundle license backup
Hello,
Is it possible to backup ACE appliance licenses if product is bought as a bundle?
ACE-4710-BAS-SK-K9
Promo Bundle - ACE 4710 HW-1Gbps-1K SSL-100MbpsComp-5VC
Following is mentioned in the ACE documentation:
"If you need to replace the ACE, you can copy and install the license file for the license onto the replacement appliance."
But, when we try to backup licenses, we get following results:
ACE-1/Admin# sh license
ACE-1/Admin# copy licenses disk0:mylicenses.tar
Backing up license... failed: License file not found
ACE-1/Admin# sh license status
Licensed Feature Count
Compression Performance in Mbps 100
Web Optimization Concurrent Conns. 50
SSL transactions per second 1000
Virtualized contexts 5
Module bandwidth in Gbps 1.0
ACE-1/Admin# sh license usage
License Ins Lic Status Expiry Date Comments
Count
ACE-AP-C-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-UP2 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-UP3 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-01-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-01-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-02-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-02-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-04-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-04-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-04-UP2 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-VIRT-5 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-500M-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-VIRT-020 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-100-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-500-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-500-UP1 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-1000-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-C-2000-LIC No - Unused -
ACE-AP-OPT-LIC-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-OPT-UP1-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-05K-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-07K-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-100-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSL-UP1-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-SSLUP-5K-K9 No - Unused -
ACE-AP-VIRT-020-UP No - Unused -
I suppose licenses cannot be backuped because they are bundled and delivered with the bundle by default, and not installed...
Does anyone know what would be the procedure for this bundled licenses in case of ACE HW replacement needed?
Best regards,
JasminaHi Jasmina,
License file management is quite simple for ACE. Two methods; save original license email or copy from disk0:.
If you purchased and upgraded license, and followed procedure to generate it, you would have received your license via email. We recommend per documentation (License ordering section) that you:
"Step 5 Save the license key e-mail in a safe place in case you need it in the future (for example, to transfer the license to another ACE). "
Also, to apply, you copy the license file to disk0: on the ACE. This *.lic file resides on disk0: thereafter.
So if you did not happen to save the original email when you obtained the license, and the license has been installed, then you can simply copy the *.lic file off the ACE from disk0: to a safe place. Example copying file from ACE to FTP server:
Switch/Admin# copy disk0: ftp:
Enter source filename]? 1ACE2009060306445454.lic
Enter Address for the ftp server]? 10.2.3.4
Enter the destination filename]? [1ACE2009060306445454.lic]
Enter username]? anonymous
Enter the file transfer mode[bin/ascii]: [bin]
Enable Passive mode[Yes/No]: [Yes]
Password:
Passive mode on.
Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark).
Switch/Admin#
Administrator Guide - Licenses on ACE:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/data_center_app_services/ace_appliances/vA4_1_0/configuration/administration/guide/license.html#wp1010344
Hope this helps.
-pefrench -
Can't install ACE 4710 license
Hi,
I've tried to installed the license, but is not successful, below are the steps which i've taken to installed the license, with error messages. pls. assist.
CBJ6-LBDMZ2/Admin# copy tftp://10.2.18.66/ACE20090909090659371.lic disk0:
Enter the destination filename[]? [ACE20090909090659371.lic]
Trying to connect to tftp server......
TFTP get operation was successful
685 bytes copied
CBJ6-LBDMZ2/Admin# license install disk0:ACE20090909090659371.lic
Installing license... failed: Can't install this license with the current countCBJ6-LBDMZ2/Admin# show licen
ACE20090727112500202.lic:
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR cisco
INCREMENT ACE-AP-01-LIC cisco 1.0 permanent 1 \
VENDOR_STRING=1 HOSTID=ANY \
NOTICE="200907271125002021 \
1211J5CB363" SIGN=F2E3AFA69526
I think you have an HW appliance (code: ACE-4710-K9) with one a la carte license ( ACE-AP-01-LIC).
You bought a Bundle upgrade license, and this is not compatibly with you current license ( a la carte license).
To use the ACE-4710-BUN-UP2= ( 1G Bundle to 2G Bundle Upgrade License) you need to have a bundle product like the
ACE-4710-1F-K9.
Check this:
Table 1 ACE Licensing Bundles
License Model Description Upgrade Path
ACE-4710-0.5F-K9
This license bundle includes the following items:
•ACE 4710 appliance
•0.5-Gbps throughput license (ACE-AP-500M-LIC)
•100-Mbps compression license (ACE-AP-C-100-LIC)
•100 SSL transactions per second (TPS) license (ACE-AP-SSL-100-K9)
•5 virtual contexts license (ACE-AP-VIRT-5)
•Application acceleration license (50 connections) (ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9)
You have the option to upgrade to the 1-Gbps, 2-Gbps, or 4-Gbps bundle.
Start the upgrade with ACE-4710-BUN-UP1=.
ACE-4710-1F-K9
This license bundle includes the following items:
•ACE 4710 appliance
•1-Gbps throughput license (ACE-AP-01-LIC)
•500-Mbps compression license (ACE-AP-C-500-LIC)
•5000 SSL TPS license (ACE-AP-SSL-05K-K9)
•5 virtual contexts license (ACE-AP-VIRT-5)
•Application acceleration license (50 connections) (ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9)
You have the option to upgrade to the 2-Gbps or 4-Gbps bundle.
Start the upgrade with ACE-4710-BUN-UP2=.
ACE-4710-BAS-2PAK
This license bundle includes the following items:
•Two ACE 4710 appliances
•1-Gbps throughput license (ACE-AP-01-LIC)
ACE-4710-BAS-2PAK also includes the following default options:
•1000 SSL TPS
•100-Mbps compression
•5 virtual contexts
•Application acceleration (50 connections)
You have the option to upgrade to the 2-Gbps or 4-Gbps bundle.
Start the upgrade with ACE-4710-BUN-UP2=. Two upgrade licenses are required for upgrading two units of the ACE-4710-BAS-2PAK bundle.
ACE-4710-2F-K9
This license bundle includes the following items:
•ACE 4710 appliance
•2-Gbps throughput license (ACE-AP-02-LIC)
•1-Gbps compression license (ACE-AP-C-1000-LIC)
•7500 SSL TPS license (ACE-AP-SSL-07K-K9)
•5 virtual contexts license (ACE-AP-VIRT-5)
•Application acceleration license (50 connections) (ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9)
You have the option to upgrade to the 4-Gbps bundle.
Start the upgrade with ACE-4710-BUN-UP3=.
ACE-4710-4F-K9
This license bundle includes the following items:
•ACE 4710 appliance
•4-Gbps throughput license (ACE-AP-04-LIC)
•2-Gbps compression license (ACE-AP-C-2000-LIC)
•7500 SSL TPS license (ACE-AP-SSL-07K-K9)
•5 virtual contexts license (ACE-AP-VIRT-5)
•Application acceleration license (50 connections) (ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9)
This is the highest value bundle.
ACE-4710-BUN-UP1
0.5 to 1-Gbps throughput bundle upgrade license
See the Upgrade Path outlined above.
ACE-4710-BUN-UP2
1 to 2-Gbps throughput bundle upgrade license
See the Upgrade Path outlined above.
ACE-4710-BUN-UP3
2 to 4-Gbps throughput bundle upgrade license
See the Upgrade Path outlined above.
Table 2 ACE Licensing Options
Feature License Model Description
Performance Throughput
Default
1-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-500M-LIC
0.5-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-01-LIC
1-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-02-LIC
2-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-04-LIC
4-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-02-UP1
Upgrade from 1-Gbps to 2-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-04-UP1
Upgrade from 1-Gbps to 4-Gbps throughput.
ACE-AP-04-UP2
Upgrade from 2-Gbps to 4-Gbps throughput.
Virtualization
Default
1 admin/5 user contexts.
ACE-AP-VIRT-020
1 admin/20 user contexts.
SSL
Default
100 TPS.
ACE-AP-SSL-05K-K9
5000 TPS.
ACE-AP-SSL-07K-K9
7500 TPS.
ACE-AP-SSL-UP1-K9
Upgrade from 5000 TPS to 7500 TPS.
HTTP Compression
Default
100-Mbps.
ACE-AP-C-500-LIC
500-Mbps.
ACE-AP-C-1000-LIC
1-Gbps.
ACE-AP-C-2000-LIC
2-Gbps.
ACE-AP-C-UP1
Upgrade from 500-Mbps to 1 Gbps.
ACE-AP-C-UP2
Upgrade from 500-Mbps to 2 Gbps.
ACE-AP-C-UP3
Upgrade from 1 Gbps to 2 Gbps.
Application Acceleration Feature Pack License
ACE-AP-OPT-LIC-K9
Application acceleration and optimization. By default, the ACE performs up to 50 concurrent connections. With the application acceleration and optimization software feature pack installed, the ACE can provide greater than 50 concurrent connections.
This license increases the operating capabilities of the following features:
•Delta optimization
•Adaptive dynamic caching
•FlashForward
•Dynamic Etag
ACE-AP-02-LIC=
Upgrade Performance License 2 Gbps Spare -
Upgrading ACE 4710 & Licensing
Hello
We have two pairs of ACE 4710s, one pair running A3(2.4) and the other pair A3(2.0). We plan to upgarde the second pair so that they are running the same image as the first pair (we know they are not the latest, but this is the first step in a larger rollout plan, and to aid some troublshooting for a major issue we are seeing.)
I have details of the upgrade steps, but my question is with regards to the licenses which are now enforced after (2.0). We currently have the following on the first pair, but are these part of the default licenses for (2.4) or would we need to purchase these as well?
ACE-AP-500M-LIC
ACE-AP-C-100-LIC
ACE-AP-OPT-50-K9
ACE-AP-SSL-05k-K9
Thanks in advance
ShaunAccording to the release notes, the default with the ACE running A3 is :
•Performance: 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) appliance throughput
•Virtualization: 1 admin context and 5 user contexts
•Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): 100 transactions per second (TPS)
•Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) compression: 100 megabits per second (Mbps)
so you don't have to purchase anything -
Dear All,
i have ACE-4710-1F-K9 (ACE 4710 Hardware‐1Gbps‐5K SSL‐500MbpsComp‐5VC-50 APPAccel )
and i need to buy ACE-4710-01-K9
I want to ask does (ACE-4710-01-K9) has 50 AppAccel like the old part number (ACE-4710-1F-K9)???As per my understanding
Both will give you same functionality
ACE-4710-BAS-SK-K9 is a basic kit/bundle
that Includes:
- ACE 4710 Hardware
- ACE Software
- 1 Gbps Throughput License
- 1,000 SSL TPS
- 100Mbps Compression
- 5 Virtual Devices
Where as
"ACE-4710-K9 with ACE-AP-01-LIC" is kind of La Carte option
ACE-4710-K9 is the ACE Appliance Hardware includes(1K SSL TPS, 5 contexts, 100Mbps comp)
With it you need to select two mandatory options
ACE Software :ACE-AP-SW-XX Software Version XX
Throughput License :("ACE-AP-01-LIC" 1 Gbps OR "ACE-AP-02-LIC" 2 Gbps )
Then you can select optional licences for
SSL TPS, Virtual Devices, compression & App acceleration...(if you need to upgrade the defaults 1K SSL TPS, 5 contexts, 100Mbps comp)
Syed iftekhar Ahmed -
Hi. I'm working on the Cisco ACE 4710 to be able to load balance web Traffic between several web servers. but despite following the steps mentioned on the Cisco configuration guide (specially this link and related docs: http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Cisco_ACE_4700_Series_Appliance_Quick_Start_Guide,_Release_A3(1.0)_--_Creating_a_Virtual_Context) we did not managed to make it. we tested both the "bridged scenario" and "routed scenario" but none of them is working. specifically "configuring Nat" in the above link is very confusing and is not clear; because it's not the same as Cisco IOS, which we used to implement it that way.
Routed Scenario:
==========================================
probe http Http_Probe
description Server Healty Check
port 80
request method head url /index.htm
probe icmp ICMP_Check
interval 10
passdetect interval 5
rserver host NetCad_Server_1
ip address 172.16.1.100
probe ICMP_Check
inservice
rserver host NetCad_Server_2
ip address 172.16.1.101
probe ICMP_Check
inservice
rserver host NetCad_Server_3
ip address 172.16.1.102
probe ICMP_Check
inservice
serverfarm host NetCad_Servers
probe Http_Probe
rserver NetCad_Server_1 80
inservice
rserver NetCad_Server_2 80
inservice
rserver NetCad_Server_3 80
inservice
sticky http-cookie Cookie1 1
serverfarm NetCad_Servers
class-map match-all VS_NetCad
2 match virtual-address 192.168.13.162 255.255.252.0 tcp any
policy-map type management first-match mgmt-pm
class class-default
permit
policy-map type loadbalance first-match VS_NetCad-l7slb
class class-default
serverfarm NetCad_Servers
policy-map multi-match int40
class VS_NetCad
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy VS_NetCad-l7slb
loadbalance vip icmp-reply
interface vlan 40
description Client Side
ip address 192.168.13.161 255.255.252.0
ip options allow
no normalization
no icmp-guard
access-group input Permit_ALL
service-policy input mgmt-pm
service-policy input int40
no shutdown
interface vlan 41
description Server Side
ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
ip options allow
no normalization
no icmp-guard
access-group input Permit_ALL
nat-pool 1 172.16.1.110 172.16.1.110 netmask 255.255.255.255 pat
service-policy input mgmt-pm
no shutdown
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1
==========================================Hi,
Let me explain you.
Assuming client IP as 1.1.1.1, VIP as 2.2.2.2 and Real Server as 3.3.3.3
Consider the simple situation where client needs to access an application hosted on 3.3.3.3. Client sends a request which comes to VIP.
src 1.1.1.1----->dst------->2.2.2.2. ACE after matching conditions and taking LB decision decides to send it to 3.3.3.3 real server. Performs destination NAT and forwards the client request to 3.3.3.3. So the above packet L3 header will now look like:
src 1.1.1.1 dst 3.3.3.3. When reply comes from server, ACE will change src 3.3.3.3 back to 2.2.2.2 and forwards the request to client 1.1.1.1. SIMPLE LB.
Now comes a situation where let's say you want to hide the client IP from server or let's say server's default GW is not ACE or client and server are in same subnet but need to communicate through VIP on ACE etc.
Src 1.1.1.1 dst 2.2.2.2
After LB ace decides to send it to 3.3.3.3 but also policy multi match has nat rule (nat dynamic 1 vlan x). But packet would be forwarded from server vlan where you have NAT pool defined. So let's say pool IP is 3.3.3.4. So ACE will perform both destination as well as src NAT here before forwarding the packet to server and packet L3 header will look like:
src 3.3.3.4 ----->dst 3.3.3.3
Now when 3.3.3.3 has to send packet back, ACE will answer ARP for 3.3.3.3 and hence packet will come back to ACE which will again change the L3 header IP's and send it out the client VLAN towards client.
So NAT is always applied to server side vlan and that's why pool is chosen from server side subnet.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Kanwal -
Rservers initiated traffic not sourcing the traffic as VIP in Ace 4710
One of the feature of our application is that our Application Server initiate text message to our devices sourcing from UDP 1120 and device need to see the message come from a specific pubic IP (2.2.2.2) with UDP port 1120 and reply back with the same Public IP (2.2.2.2) with UDP port 1120.The problem is we can make that happen if we have only one server in our ACE Serverfarm when we do a SNAT the real servers with the VIP address (10.1.246.32) but it does not work when we have more than one server in the Serverfarm. Since we have 2 servers, i cannot nat the real servers with the VIP address, if I do a PAT, obviously it is changing the source port of the request.
Note: This setup is working fine with the Cisco Content Switch module running on chasis 6509. When I sniff the traffic initiated from the server coming the CSM load balancer, it is sourcing the traffic as the VIP and the source port remains the same by default but this is not the case with ACE 4710
Traffic flow as follows
===============
ACE 4710 FWSM (Firewall static NAT) Device ( configured with 2.2.2.2:1120 (udp) to snd/rcv msg)
VIP
Rserver 1 - 10.1.104.80 10.1.246.32 10.1.246.32 < - > 2.2.2.2 1.1.1.1
Rserver 2 - 10.1.104.81c
----------------------------------------------------------> -------------------------------> - traffic flow from server to the device when we send msg
Configs:
======
rserver host server1
ip address 10.1.104.80
inservice
rserver host server2
ip address 10.1.104.81
inservice
serverfarm host SFARM
failaction purge
probe ICMP
rserver server1
inservice
rserver server2
inservice
access-list TEST-1120 line 8 extended permit udp host 10.1.104.80 eq 1120 any
access-list TEST-1120 line 16 extended permit udp host 10.1.104.81 eq 1120 any
parameter-map type connection UDP_TIMEOUT
set timeout inactivity 3600
sticky ip-netmask 255.255.255.255 address source STKY-SFARM
serverfarm SFARM
timeout 180
replicate sticky
class-map match-all CLS-SFARM
2 match virtual-address 10.1.246.32 udp eq 1120
class-map match-all SERVERNAT
2 match access-list TEST-1120
policy-map type loadbalance first-match POL-SFARM
class class-default
sticky-serverfarm STKY-SFARM
policy-map multi-match POL-LB
class CLS-SFARM
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy POL-SFARM
loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
connection advanced-options UDP_TIMEOUT
class SERVERNAT
nat dynamic 1 vlan 244
int vlan 244
ip address 10.1.246.2 255.255.255.0
service-policy input POL-LB
nat-pool 1 10.1.246.32 10.1.246.32 netmask 255.255.255.255
mac-sticky enable
no icmp-guard
no shut
interface vlan 2506
ip address 10.1.104.2 255.255.255.0
service-policy input POL-LB
mac-sticky enable
no icmp-guard
no shutI see in CSS, they are able to nat the source ip address with VIP and port-mapping diabled. How do I implement
portmap disable in ACE 4710
Disabling Port Mapping
By default, the CSS NATs source IP addresses and PATs source ports for a configured source group. If you configure the portmap disablecommand in a source group, the CSS performs NAT on the source IP addresses but does not perform PAT on the source ports of UDP traffic that matches on that source group.
For UDP applications with high-numbered assigned ports (for example, SIP and WAP), we recommend that you preserve those port numbers by configuring destination services in source groups instead of using the portmap disable command. Destination services cause the CSS to NAT the client source ports, but not the destination ports. For information about configuring destination services, -
Full URL re-direct with ACE 4710
Is there anyway to perform a redirect on the ACE 4710 so that it will redirect a request sent to the domain mydomain.com be redirected to www.mydomain.com, this is so that an installed SSL certificate will match.
ThanksThank you for your response, but the redirect would occur before any encyption.. for example today this is what happens
someone goes to
http://www.mydomain.com
and the ACE redirects the connection to
https://www.mydomain.com
What I want is for someone to go to
http://mydomain.com (without the www) and for it to redirect to
http://www.mydomain.com which will inturn redirect to https://www.mydomain.com
or it can just redirect to https://www.mydomain.com
So the encryption will not occur until it is redirected to teh correct websit -
ACE 4710 responds very slow to CLI commands
I am expericing delayed responses to my CLI commands on the ACE 4710. The delays occur sporadically. I have check the cpu and memory and neither one appeared to show any abnormal behaviour. Has anybody else experienced unsual delay with your CLI commands? If so, where you able to isolate and correct the problem? If not, any suggestions on where and how to look for the problem?
I am experiencing the same exact problem. CLI commands are very slow. Although, i dont get any performance issues for my application when i issue the "show run" or "wr mem" commands at CLI i wait for over 1 minute to receive any output, commands like "show serverfarm" ,"show rserver" "show stats" are working fine. my resource usage is ok and cpu has no problems. The problem exists in all contexts of the specific ACE. I did a test by forcing the standby ace to become active and while the standby ACE had no problem in executing the command when it becomes the active one the problem shows up. is there a way to troubleshoot this?
Thank you in advance -
Technical differences between ACE-4710-K9 & ACE-4710-BAS-SK-K9
Hi All,
Iam trying to find technical diff between ACE-4710-K9 with ACE-AP-01-LIC & ACE-4710-BAS-SK-K9 with ACE-AP-BAS-LIC.
Can someone shed some light..?
Thank you all in advance
MSAs per my understanding
Both will give you same functionality
ACE-4710-BAS-SK-K9 is a basic kit/bundle
that Includes:
- ACE 4710 Hardware
- ACE Software
- 1 Gbps Throughput License
- 1,000 SSL TPS
- 100Mbps Compression
- 5 Virtual Devices
Where as
"ACE-4710-K9 with ACE-AP-01-LIC" is kind of La Carte option
ACE-4710-K9 is the ACE Appliance Hardware includes(1K SSL TPS, 5 contexts, 100Mbps comp)
With it you need to select two mandatory options
ACE Software :ACE-AP-SW-XX Software Version XX
Throughput License :("ACE-AP-01-LIC" 1 Gbps OR "ACE-AP-02-LIC" 2 Gbps )
Then you can select optional licences for
SSL TPS, Virtual Devices, compression & App acceleration...(if you need to upgrade the defaults 1K SSL TPS, 5 contexts, 100Mbps comp)
Syed iftekhar Ahmed -
ACE 4710 Can not confirm http cookie sticky connections
We are using a ACE 4710 with A3(2.6) software release.
I had to change our sticky load balancing method for HTTPS to cookie based.
However while connections appear to work if I look at the sho sticky database table I can not see or confirm sticky entries for the cookie based connections.
Here or config snippets to show the config
sticky http-cookie ghh-www scook-ghh
cookie insert browser-expire
serverfarm ghh-www-443
class-map match-all ghh-www-443_CLASS
2 match virtual-address 172.16.1.21 tcp eq https
class-map type http loadbalance match-any ghh-www-443_CLASSURL
2 match http url [.]*
policy-map type loadbalance first-match ghh-sticky-443_POLICY
class class-default
sticky-serverfarm scook-ghh
policy-map multi-match POLICY
class ghh-www-443_CLASS
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy ghh-sticky-443_POLICY
loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
appl-parameter http advanced-options CASE_PARAMAnother point: please check whether your servers are listening only for HTTPS traffic or also for HTTP traffic:
in the first case the ACE will have to: decrypt the traffic from the client, inspect the http header to take the loadbalance decision and then re-encrypt it and send it to the server
in the second case the ACE would have to: decrypt the traffic from the client, inspect the http header to take the loadbalance decision and send it out as it is unencrypted to the server
the second solution would have the benefit of being easier to configure and to require less resoucerces both on the ACE (only decryption to be performed) and on the servers (no need for SSL operations at all there) but it might be that your company or business sector have requirements for which this traffic should never flow unencrypted, in which case you would have to go for the first solution.
Here you have a config example for the first solution:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_configuration_example09186a00809c6f37.shtml
I would not expect you to have to pay extra for importing the cert and kepair into the ace, it would be just a copy, however as Alex said that may still depend on the license agreement with the CA.
Cheers,
Francesco -
ACE 4710 SSL server LB with stickiness
I will be replacing 11500 CSS which are not doing SSL termination, just load-balancing SSL sessions terminated on servers with ACE 4710.
On their CSS config, they were doing SSL-sticky. I understand the 4710 doesn't support SSL sticky, but can perform the same function by parsing the HTTP header. Has anyone done this config before and know where/how to parse the header to look for the SSL session# and stick connections to same server?
THANKS!In Ace 2.x code GPP (Generic protocol parsing) was introduced that enables ACE to look into the Layer 4 payload.Which is how this stickiness id achieved.
details at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/ace/v3.00_A2/configuration/slb/guide/sticky.html#wp1133923
I dont think its currently available on ACE appliance yet.
Syed -
Need help to Configure Cisco ACE 4710 Cluster Deployment
Dear Experts,
I'm newbie for Cisco ACE 4710, and still I'm in learning stage. Meanwhile I got chance at my work place to deploy a Cisco ACE 4710 cluster which should load balance the traffic between two Application Servers based on HTTP and HTTPS traffic. So I was looking for good deployment guide in Cisco SBA knowledge base then finall found this guide.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/SBA/February2013/Cisco_SBA_DC_AdvancedServer-LoadBalancingDeploymentGuide-Feb2013.pdf
This guide totally fine with my required deployment model. I have same deployment environment as this guide contains with ACE cluster that connects to two Cisco 3750X (Stack) switches. But I have some confusion places in this guide
This guide follow the "One-armed mode" as a deployment method. But when I go through it further I have noticed that they have configured server VLAN as a 10.4.49.0/24 (all servers reside in it) and Client side VIP also in same VLAN which is 10.4.49.100/24 (even NAT pool also).
My confusion is, as I have learned about Cisco ACE 4710 one-armed mode deployment method, it should has two VLAN segments, one for Client side which client request come and hit the VIP and then second one for Server side. which means besically two VLANs. So please be kind enough to go through above document then tell me where is wrong, what shoud I need to do for the best. Please this is an urgent, so need your help quickly.
Thanks....!
-Amal-Dear Kanwal,
I need quick help for you. Following are the Application LB requirements which I received from my clinet side.
Following detail required for configuring Oracle EBS Apps tier on HA:
LBR IP and Name required to configure EBS APPS Tier (i.e, ap1ebs & ap2ebs nodes)
Suggested IP and Name for LBR:
IP : 172.25.45.x [should be on same 172.25.45 subnet of ap1ebs & ap2ebs nodes]
ebiz.xxxx.lk [on port 80 for http protocol accessibility]
This LBR IP & name must be resolve and respond on DNS network
Server Farm detail for LBR Setup
Following detail will be use for configuring the LBR:
LBR IP and Name :
IP : 172.25.45.x [should be on same 172.25.45 subnet of ap1ebs & ap2ebs nodes]
ebiz.xxxx.lk [on port 80 for http protocol accessibility]
This LBR IP & name must be resolve and respond on DNS network
Server Farm Detail for LBR setup:
Server 1 (EBS App1 Node, ap1ebs):
IP : 172.25.45.19
Server Name: ap1ebs.xxxx.lk [ap1ebs hostname is an example, actual hostname will be use]
Protocol: http
Port: 8000
Server 2 (EBS App2 Node, ap2ebs):
IP : 172.25.45.20
Server Name: ap2ebs.xxxx.lk [ap2ebs hostname is an example, actual hostname will be use]
Protocol: http
Port: 8000
Since my client needs to access URL ebiz.xxxx.lk which should be resolved by IP 172.25.45.21 (virtual IP) via http (80) before they deploy the app on the two servers I just ran web service on both servers (Linux) and was trying to access http://172.25.45.21 it was working fine and gave me index.html page. Now after my client has deployed the application then when he tries to access the page http://172.25.45.21 he cannot see his main login page. But still my testing web servers are there on both servers when I type http://172.25.45.21 it will get index.html page, but not my client web login page. What can I do for this ?
Following are my latest config :
probe http Get-Method
description Check to url access /OA_HTML/OAInfo.jsp
interval 10
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 30
request method get url /OA_HTML/OAInfo.jsp
expect status 200 200
probe udp http-8000-iRDMI
description IRDMI (HTTP - 8000)
port 8000
probe http http-probe
description HTTP Probes
interval 10
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 30
passdetect count 2
request method get url /index.html
expect status 200 200
probe https https-probe
description HTTPS traffic
interval 10
faildetect 2
passdetect interval 30
passdetect count 2
ssl version all
request method get url /index.html
probe icmp icmp-probe
description ICMP PROBE FOR TO CHECK ICMP SERVICE
rserver host ebsapp1
description ebsapp1.xxxx.lk
ip address 172.25.45.19
conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
probe icmp-probe
probe http-probe
inservice
rserver host ebsapp2
description ebsapp2.xxxx.lk
ip address 172.25.45.20
conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
probe icmp-probe
probe http-probe
inservice
serverfarm host ebsppsvrfarm
description ebsapp server farm
failaction purge
predictor response app-req-to-resp samples 4
probe http-probe
probe icmp-probe
inband-health check log 5 reset 500
retcode 404 404 check log 1 reset 3
rserver ebsapp1 80
conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
probe icmp-probe
inservice
rserver ebsapp2 80
conn-limit max 4000000 min 4000000
probe icmp-probe
inservice
sticky http-cookie jsessionid HTTP-COOKIE
cookie insert browser-expire
replicate sticky
serverfarm ebsppsvrfarm
class-map type http loadbalance match-any default-compression-exclusion-mime-type
description DM generated classmap for default LB compression exclusion mime types.
2 match http url .*gif
3 match http url .*css
4 match http url .*js
5 match http url .*class
6 match http url .*jar
7 match http url .*cab
8 match http url .*txt
9 match http url .*ps
10 match http url .*vbs
11 match http url .*xsl
12 match http url .*xml
13 match http url .*pdf
14 match http url .*swf
15 match http url .*jpg
16 match http url .*jpeg
17 match http url .*jpe
18 match http url .*png
class-map match-all ebsapp-vip
2 match virtual-address 172.25.45.21 tcp eq www
class-map type management match-any remote_access
2 match protocol xml-https any
3 match protocol icmp any
4 match protocol telnet any
5 match protocol ssh any
6 match protocol http any
7 match protocol https any
8 match protocol snmp any
policy-map type management first-match remote_mgmt_allow_policy
class remote_access
permit
policy-map type loadbalance first-match ebsapp-vip-l7slb
class default-compression-exclusion-mime-type
serverfarm ebsppsvrfarm
class class-default
compress default-method deflate
sticky-serverfarm HTTP-COOKIE
policy-map multi-match int455
class ebsapp-vip
loadbalance vip inservice
loadbalance policy ebsapp-vip-l7slb
loadbalance vip icmp-reply active
nat dynamic 1 vlan 455
interface vlan 455
ip address 172.25.45.36 255.255.255.0
peer ip address 172.25.45.35 255.255.255.0
access-group input ALL
nat-pool 1 172.25.45.22 172.25.45.22 netmask 255.255.255.0 pat
service-policy input remote_mgmt_allow_policy
service-policy input int455
no shutdown
ft interface vlan 999
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
peer ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
ft peer 1
heartbeat interval 300
heartbeat count 10
ft-interface vlan 999
ft group 1
peer 1
no preempt
priority 110
associate-context Admin
inservice
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.25.45.1
Hope you will reply me soon
Thanks....!
-Amal-
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