Cisco Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module 白皮書
Solution Overview
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Ease of Operation through Virtualization and Role-Based Administration
Cisco ACE application switches contain enhancements that are unique in the industry to further
improve application deployment times while delivering significant power and cooling efficiencies
and savings. These value-added functions include virtualization and role-based administration.
Virtualization means that architecturally, a single physical Cisco ACE application switch can
function as multiple virtual ACE devices, substantially reducing capital, space, and power
requirements in the data center and enhancing an organization’s capability to scale its data center
resources (Table 2).
Table 2.
Virtualization Capabilities
Virtualization
Cisco Ask Point Product Vendor
“First National virtualizes everything including servers, routing porting tables and the network. Now that we have the
ability to virtualize or create secure virtual devices within the same ACE module and still obtain incredible throughput,
there was nothing else to consider; the Cisco ACE made perfect sense.”
ability to virtualize or create secure virtual devices within the same ACE module and still obtain incredible throughput,
there was nothing else to consider; the Cisco ACE made perfect sense.”
—Patrick Stephens, network engineer with First National of Nebraska
Capability to Create Multiple Virtual Instances on a Single Platform
Capability to Perform Upgrades Without the Need for New Hardware
Capability to Install New Virtual Devices Without Downtime or Degradation of
Service on Existing Applications
Service on Existing Applications
Capability to Deploy Additional Applications without the Need for Additional
Hardware, yet with the New Applications Isolated from Existing Applications
Hardware, yet with the New Applications Isolated from Existing Applications
Capability to Deploy Virtual Devices In Minutes for Rapid Application
Deployment any Time of Day
Deployment any Time of Day
Role-based administration allows different IT personnel and organizations to provision and
manage multiple virtual devices in parallel within a single Cisco ACE platform (Table 3). As a
result, IT departments can deploy applications much faster than if the different groups had to
provision the application switches in a serial fashion.
Table 3.
Management Capabilities
Role-Based Access Control and Administration
Cisco Ask Point Product Vendor
“Since Cisco ACE virtual devices are completely secure and isolated from each other, we have separated our
production, test, and training environments using ACE virtual devices.”
production, test, and training environments using ACE virtual devices.”
—John McManus, manager of Servers and Networks Group, Harper College
Departmental Control of Virtual Devices
Centralized or Role-Based Management of Virtual Devices
Configuration Rollback Support