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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 2 Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
Network Bandwidth and Policy Update Frequency
TheamountofnetworkbandwidththatACEManagementServerandACEinstances
requiredependsonthefrequencyofpolicyupdatesthatyouconfigure.Table 2‐3shows
theamountofbandwidthneededwhenyouuseapolicyupdatefrequencyvalueof
10 minutes.
VMwarerecommendsthatforlargedeployments(morethan5,000clients),
you
increasethetimebetweenpolicyupdatesbyclientsbecausethisreducestheamountof
requiredbandwidth.
Table 2‐4showsthebandwidthneededwhenthepolicyupdatefrequencyvalueisset
to30minutes.
Theamountofnetworkbandwidthrequiredcanalsobehigherifyourpolicysetisvery
complex.
VMware
recommendsthatyouhaveaseparatenetworklinkbetweenACE
ManagementServerandyourdatabaseserver,sothattrafficcomingandgoingfrom
ACEManagementServertoitsclientsdoesnotinterferewiththetraffictoandfrom
yourdatabaseserver.
Table 2-3. Network Bandwidth Required with a Policy Update Frequency of 10 Minutes
Number of Clients Bandwidth Required
100 0.125Mb/sec.
1,000 1.25Mb/sec.
10,000 12.5Mb/sec.
Table 2-4. Network Bandwidth Required with a Policy Update Frequency of 30 Minutes
Number of Clients Bandwidth Required
100 0.04Mb/sec.
1,000 0.4Mb/sec.
10,000 4Mb/sec.