Cisco Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module White Paper
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ACE Licensing
Does the Cisco ACE30 module have a license file?
Base Only
4G
8G
16G
Provide the location of the ACE license: ___________________________________________________
Fault-Tolerant Preemption
Is
“no preemption” applied to all FT groups? (show run ft)
yes or
no
List the FT groups that do not
have “no preemption” configured: ________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Are all contexts active on the primary ACE in production? (show ft group brief)
yes or
no
List the FT group IDs that are not active on the primary ACE in production: _______________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Staging the Cisco ACE30 Modules
Do not proceed until the staging area Sup720 is running the minimum required IOS Software Release for
the Cisco ACE30 module.
Backups and Code Download
Step 1. Using the CLI or ANM, back up the active and standby Cisco ACE10 or ACE20 modules:
ACE-pri/Admin# backup all
ACE-pri/Admin# show backup status
Step 2. Export the backup files to a FTP/SFTP server. The Cisco ACE30s in staging must be able to reach the
FTP or SFTP server to restore the configurations:
ACE-pri/Admin# copy backup-all sftp://172.25.91.127
ACE-sec/Admin# copy backup-all sftp://172.25.91.127
Step 3. Download the A4.2.1a version of the Cisco ACE image from Cisco.com.