642-972 DCASD
Data Center Application Services Design
Exam Number: 642-972
Associated Certifications: Data Center Application Services Design Specialist
Duration: 75 minutes (45-55 questions)
Available Languages: English and Japanese
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The 642-972 exam DCASD Cisco Data Center Application Services Design exam tests a candidate's knowledge of the skills needed by a sales engineer to design and articulate a Cisco Data Center Application Services platform.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the Remote Access exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

Describe the features of the Cisco Load Balancing solutions
Describe the differences between the ACE Service Module and the ACE Appliance
Describe the health checking systems of Cisco Load Balancing solutions
Describe virtual servers
Describe real servers
Describe class and policy maps
Describe the high availability solutions for the Cisco Load Balancing solutions
Describe the firewall capabilities in the Cisco Load Balancing solutions
Describe SSL offload
Describe the migration path from CSS and CSM to the ACE solution
Describe session persistence
Describe the implementation of Cisco Load Balancing Solutions
Describe the virtualization capabilities of the ACE Service Module and Appliance
Describe the compession capabilities of the Cisco Load Balancing solutions
Describe the use of digital certificates in a Cisco Load Balancing solution

Describe ACE management and monitoring capabilities
Identify the applications used to manage the ACE module
Describe the process of managing the virtual contexts
Describe the capabilities and limitations of ACE management
Describe provisioning of virtualization on ACE
Describe provisioning of services on ACE
Describe delegated operations of virtual and real servers on ACE
Describe the monitoring of ACE
Describe the similiarities and differences between ANM and the ACE Appliance Device Manager

Describe the features of the Cisco Global Load Balancing solution
Identify appropriate Cisco GLB solutions
Describe the Cisco GLB DNS process
Describe the GSS deployment models
Describe the CNR option for GSS
Describe the protocols used by the GSS
Describe management and monitoring of the GSS solution
Identify the best GLB method to use in a particular environment

Design a solution to meet customer requirements
Size a DCAS solution to meet a particular set of customer requirements
Design an ACE solution to meet customer requirements
Design a WAAS solution to meet customer requirements
Design an integrated ACE and WAAS solution to meet customer requirements
Design a firewall load balancing solution
Plan the use of digital certificates
Design a highly available overall data center network solution based on Cisco Data Center 3.0
Design a global load balancing solution to meet customer requirements