Table Of Contents - VMware ACE EN-000042-00 Administrator's Manual

Contents
About This Book 7
1
Introduction 9
Features of ACE Management Server 9
System Requirements 11
Required Hardware 11
Supported Operating Systems 11
Supported External Databases 12
Supported Proxies 12
Required Web Browsers 12
Licensing 12
2
Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment 13
Deployment Components 13
Host System Options 15
Windows Hosts 15
Linux Hosts 15
Server Appliance Option 15
Database Options 16
Active Directory Authentication Options 17
Performing Capacity Planning 17
Database Throughput and Scalability 18
LDAP Throughput 18
Network Bandwidth and Policy Update Frequency 19
ACE Policy Configuration 20
Load Balancers 20
Security Features and Considerations 20
Using SSL Certificates and Protocol 21
Accessing ACE Management Server from Outside the Corporate Firewall 22
Deployment Planning Worksheet 24
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