CH
A
P
T
E
R
3-1
User
Guide
for
the
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
5.2
OL-26572-01
3
Using
ANM
Guided
Setup
Date:
3/
28/12
This
chapter
describes
how
to
use
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
(ANM)
Guided
Setup.
Note
When
naming
ACE
objects
(such
as
a
real
server,
virtual
server,
parameter
map,
class
map,
health
probe,
and
so
on),
enter
an
alphanumeric
string
of
1
to
64
characters,
which
can
include
the
following
special
characters:
underscore
(_),
hyphen
(-),
dot
(.),
and
asterisk
(*)
.
Spaces
ar
e
not
al
lowed.
If
you
are
using
ANM
with
an
ACE
module
or
ACE
appliance
and
you
configure
a
named
object
at
the
ACE
CLI,
keep
in
mind
that
ANM
does
not
support
all
of
the
special
characters
that
the
ACE
CLI
allows
you
to
use
when
configuring
a
named
object.
If
you
use
special
characters
that
ANM
does
not
support,
you
may
not
be
able
to
import
or
manage
the
ACE
using
ANM.
This
chapter
includes
the
following
sections:
•
Information
About
Guided
Setup,
page
3-1
•
Guidelines
and
Limitations,
page
3-4
•
Using
Import
Devices,
page
3-4
•
Using
ACE
Hardware
Setup,
page
3-5
•
Using
Virtual
Context
Setup,
page
3-10
•
Using
Application
Setup,
page
3-12
Information
About
Guided
Setup
ANM
Guided
Setup
pr
ovides
a
series
of
set
up
sequences
that
offer
GUI
window
guidance
and
networking
diagrams
to
simplify
the
configuration
of
ANM
and
the
network
devices
that
it
mananges.
Guided
Setup
allows
you
to
quickly
perform
the
following
tasks:
•
Establish
communication
between
ANM
and
Application
Control
Engine
(ACE)
hardware
devices.
•
Configure
ACE
devices
that
are
new
to
the
network
by
establishing
network
connectivity
in
either
standalone
or
high-availability
(HA)
deployments.
•
Create
and
connect
to
an
ACE
virtual
context.
•
Set
up
l
oad
balancing
application
fr
om
an
ACE
t
o
a
gro
up
of
back-end
servers.
To
access
Guided
Setup,
click
the
Config
tab
located
at
the
top
of
the
window,
then
click
Guided
Setup.
