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2-1
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Using
Homepage
This
section

describes

how

to

use

Homepage,

which

is

a

launching

point

for

quick

access

to

selected
areas
within

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

(ANM).
This
chapter

includes

the

following

sections:

•
Information
About

Homepage,

page
2-1

•
Customizing
the
Default

ANM

Page,

page
2-4
Information
About

Homepage
Homepage
allows

you

to

have

quick

access

to

the

following

operations

and

guided

setup

tasks

in

ANM:

•
Operational
tasks
that
you

can

access:

–

The

Real

Servers

table

to

view

information

for

each

configured

real

server,

activate

or

suspend
real
servers

listed

in

the

table,

or

modify

server

weight

and

connection

limits.

–

The

Virtual

Servers

table

to

view

information

for

each

configured

virtual

server

and

to

activate
or
suspend

virtual

servers

listed

in

the

table.

–

The

Cisco

Global

Site

Selector

(GSS)

Answer

table

to

manage

GSS

VIP

answers

(resources

that
respond
to

content

queries)

by

specifying

virtual

IP

(VIP)

addresses

associated

with

a

server
load
balancer

(SLB)

such

as

the

Cisco

Content

Services

Switch

(CSS),

Cisco

Content

Switching
Module
(CSM),

Cisco

IOS-compliant

SLB,

LocalDirector,

or

a

web

server.

–

The

DNS

Rules

table

to

specify

actions

in

the

DNS

rules

table

for

the

GSS

to

take

when

it
receives
a

request

from

a

known

source

(a

member

of

a

source

address

list)

for

a

known

hosted
domain
(a

member

of

a

domain

list).

•
Monitoring—Connect
to
the
central
Device

Dashboard

where

you

can

qui

ckly

vi

ew

device

and
virtual
context

monitoring

results

and

track

potential

issues;

view

detailed

context-level

resource
usage
information;

and

monitor

load

balancing

statistics

for

virtual

servers.

•
Guided
setup

tasks

that
you
can

launch:

–

The

Import

Devices

guided

setup

task

to

establish

communication

between

ANM

and

hardware
devices.

–

The

Cisco

Application

Control

Engine

(ACE)

Hardware

Setup

task

to

configure

ACE

devices
that
are

new

to

the

network

by

establishing

network

connectivity

in

either

standalone

or
high-availability
(HA)

deployments.

–

The

Virtual

Context

Setup

task

to

create

and

connect

an

ACE

virtual

context.

–

The

Application

Setup

task

to

configure

end-to-end

load-balancing

for

your

application.