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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Preface


Chapter
5,

“Importing
and
Managing

Devices”

des

cribes

how

t

o
add
and
manage

your

supported
network
devices.


Chapter
6,
“Configuring

Virtual

Contexts”

describes

how

to

configure

virtual

contexts

on

the

ACE
so
that

you

can

effectively

and

efficiently

manage

and

allocate

resources,

users,

and

services.


Chapter
7,

“Configuring

Virtual
Servers”

contains

procedures

for

configuring

virtual

servers

for
load
balancing

on

t

he

ACE.


Chapter
8,
“Configuring

Real

Ser

vers

and

Server

Farms”

p

rovi

des
an
ove

rview

o

f
ser

ver


l

oad
balancing
and

procedures

for

configuring

real

servers

and

server

farms

for

load

balancing

on

the
AC
E

.


Chapter
9,
“Configuring

Stickiness”

provides

information

about

sticky

behavior

and

procedures

for
configuring
stickiness

with

the

ANM.


Chapter
10,
“Configuring

Parameter

Maps”

describes

how

to

configure

parameter
maps
so

that

the
ACE
can

perform

actions

on

incoming

traffic

based

on

certain

criteria,

such

as

protocol

or
connection
attributes.


Chapter
11,
“Configuring

SSL”

describes

how

to

configure

your

ACE

(both

the

ACE

module

and
the
ACE

appliance)

as

a

virtual

Secure

Sockets

Layer

(SSL)

server

for

SSL

initiation

or

termination.


Chapter
12,
“Configuring

Network

Access”

describes

how

to

configure

network

access

using

ANM.


Chapter
13,
“Configuring

High
Availability”

describes

how

to
configure
redundancy
to

ensure

that
your
network

remains

operational

even

if

one

of

the

ACE

devices

becomes

unresponsive.


Chapter
14,
“Configuring

Traffic

Policies”

describes

how

to

configure

class

maps

and

policy

maps
to
provide

a

gl

obal

level

of

filtering

t

raffic

received

by

or

pa

ssing

t

hrough

the

ACE.


Chapter
15,

“Configuring

Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization”

describes

how

to
configure
application
acceleration

and

optimization

options

on

the

ACE.


Chapter
16,
“Using

Configuration

Building

Blocks”

provides

an

overview

of

configuration

building
blocks
and

describes

how

to

configure

them,

tag

them

for

version

control,

and

apply

them

to

virtual
contexts.


Chapter
17,
“Monitoring

Your

Network”

describes

the

ANM

monitoring

functions,

including
the
various
ANM

dashboards,

and

explains

how

to

configure

thresholds

and

configure

alarm
notifications.


Chapter
18,

“Administering

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager”

describes

how

to
administer,
maintain,

and

manage

t

he

ANM

management

syst

em.


Chapter
19,
“Using

ANM

Mobile”

describes

how

to

use

the

Cisco

ANM

Mobile

app

to

access

your
ANM
server

to

remotely

manage

your

network

from

your

mobile

device.


Chapter
20,

“Troubleshooting

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager
Problems”

describes

some
procedures
and

tips

on

co

mmon

t

roubleshooting

scenarios.


Appendix
A,
“ANM

Ports

Reference”

identifies
the

TCP

and

UDP

ports
used
by

the

ANM

as

well
as
well-known

TCP

and

UDP

port

numbers

and

key

words.


Appendix
B,

“Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers”

describes

how

to

integrate

ANM
with
VMware

vCenter

Ser

ver

and

VMware

vSphere

Cl

ient.