3-9
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
3






Using

ANM

Guided

Setup
Using
ACE

Hardware

Setup
Step
10
If
the

ACE

is
the
primary
peer

in

a

high

availability

(HA)

configuration,
click
HA
Peering

under

ACE
Hardware
Setup

(Config

>

Guided

Setup

>

ACE

Hardware

Setup

>

HA

Peering).
a.
Click
Edit
below

the

HA

Management

section
to
configure

the

primary

ACE

and

the

secondary
ACE
as
described

in

the

“Configuring

ACE

High

Availability

Peers”

section

on

page

13-15 .


There

are

two
columns,
one

for

the

selected

ACE

and

another

for

a

peer

ACE.
You
can

specify

the

following

information:

–

Identify

the

two

members

of

a

HA

pair.

–

Assign

IP

addresses

to

the

peer

ACEs.

–

Assign

an

HA

VLAN

to

HA

peers

and

bi

nd

a

physical

Gigabit

Et

hernet

i

nterface

t

o

the

FT
VLAN.

–

Configure

the

heartbeat

frequency

and

count

on

the

peer

ACEs

in

a

fault-tolerant

VLAN.
When
completed,

click

Deploy

Now

to

deploy

this

configuration

on

the

ACE

and

save

your

entries
to
the

running-configuration

and

st

artup-configuration

files.
Note
For
ACE

modules,

the

HA

VLAN

specified

for

ACE

HA

Groups

must

also

be

set

up

on

the
Catalyst
6500

series

switch

using

the

svclc

command.

See

the

“Configuring

VLANs

Using
Cisco
IOS

Software

(ACE

Module)”

section

on

pa

ge

12-3

for

details.
b.
Click
Add
below

the

ACE

HA

group

table

to
add
a

new

high

availability

group.

Enter

the
information
i

n

the

configurable

fields

as

described

in

t

he

“Configuring

ACE

High

Availability
Peers”
section

on

page

13-15 .

When

completed,

click

Deploy

Now

to

deploy

this

configuration

on
the
ACE

and

save

your

entries

t

o

the

running-configuration

and

st

artup-configuration

files.
The
HA

State

field

displays

FT

VLAN

Compatible

once

HA

setup

has

been

successfully

completed.
Note
To
display

statistics

and

status
information
for

a

particular

HA

group,

choose

the

group

from
the
ACE

HA

Groups

table

and

click

Details.

Th

e

show

ft

group

group_id

detail

CLI
command
output

ap

pears.

See

th

e

“Displaying

High

Availability

Group

Statistics

and
Status”
section

on

pa

ge

13-21

for

details.
Step
11
Once
the
HA

State

field

in

the

ACE

HA

Groups
table
shows

a

successful

state,

the

ACE

is

ready

for
further
configuration

as


follows:

•
To
set

up

additional

virtual

contexts,

continue

to
the
Virtual

Context

Setup
task

to

create

and

connect
an
ACE

vi

rtual

co

ntext.

See

t

he

“Using

Virtual

Context

Setup”

section

on

pa

ge

3-10 .

•
To
set

up

an

application
in
an

existing

virtual
context,
continue

to

the
Application
Setup

task

to

set
up
l

oad-balancing

for


an

application

fr

om

an

ACE

t

o

a

gro

up

of


back-end

servers.

See

the

“Using
Application
Setup”

section

on

page

3-12 .
Related
Topics

•
Using
Import

Devices,

page
3-4

•
Configuring
Devices,

page
5-34

•
Configuring
ACE

Module

and

Appliance

Role-Based

Access

Controls,

page
5-53

•
Managing
Devices,

page
5-66