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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
3






Using

ANM

Guided

Setup
Using
Virtual

Context

Setup
Using
Virtual

Context

Setup
You
can

use

the

Virtual

Context

Setup

task

to

create

and

connect

an

ACE

virtual

context.

Virtual

contexts
use
virtualization

to

partition

your

ACE

appliance

or

module

into

multiple

virtual

devices,

or

contexts.
Each
context

contains

its

own

set

of

policies,

interfaces,

resources,

and

administrators.
Before
You

Begin
You
must

be

in

the

Admin

context

on

the

ACE

to

create

a

new

user

context.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Guided

Setup

>

Virtual

Context

Setup.
The
Virtual

Context

Set

up

window

appears.
Step
2
From
the

ACE

Device

drop-down

list,
choose
an

ACE.
Step
3
Click
Start
Setup.
The
Resource

Classes

window

appears

(Config

>

Guided

Setup

>

Virtual

Context

Setup

>

Resource
Classes).
Perform
the

following

tasks

to

create

or

modify

a

resource

class:
a.
If
you

want
to
create

a

resource

class,
click
Add
(+).

The

New

Resource
Class

configuration

window
appears.
Enter

the

resource

information

as

described

in

the

“Configuring

Global

Resource

Classes”
section
on

page

6-46 .
b.
If
you

want

to

modify

an

existing

resource,
choose
the

resource

class

that

you

want

to

modify,
then
click
Edit.

The

Edit

Resource

Class

configuration

window

appears.

Enter

the

resource

information
as
described

in

the

“Modifying

Global

Resource

Classes”

section

on

pa

ge

6-50 .
c.
Click
OK
to

save

your

entries

and

to

return

to

the

Resource

Classes

table.
Make
note

of

the

resource

class

that

you

want

to

use

because

you

will

need

it

in

Step

5.
Step
4
Click
Virtual
Context

Management

under

Virtual

Context

Setup.
The
Virtual

Context

window

appears

(Config

>

Guided

Setup

>

Virtual

Context

Setup

>

Virtual

Context
Management).
Perform
the

following

actions

to

create

or

modify

a

virtual

context:
a.
If
you

want

t

o
create
a

vi

rtual
context,
click
Add
(+).

The

New

Virtual

Context

window

appears.
Configure
the

virtual

context

as

described

in

the

“Configuring

Virtual

Contexts”

section

on
page
6-8 .
b.
If
you

want

to
modify
an
existing
virtual

context,
choose
the

virtual
context
that
you

want
to
modify
and
cl

ick

Edit.

The

Edit

Resource

Class

configuration

window

appears.

Enter

the

resource
information
as

described

i

n

the

“Modifying

Global

Resource

Classes”

section

on

page

6-50 .
Step
5
To
create

or
modify
the

attributes
of
a

virtual
context,

configure

the
virtual
context

as

described

in

the
“Configuring
Virtual

Contexts”

section

on

page

6-8 .
When
completed,

click

Deploy

Now

to

deploy

this

configuration

on

the

ACE

and

save

your

entries

to
the
running-configuration

and

startup-configuration

files.

Follow

these

guidelines

when

creating

or
modifying
the

virtual

context:

•
To
connect

the

virtual

context

to

the

available

VLANs,

specify
one

or

more

VLANs

in

the

Allocated
VLANs
field.

You

can

specify

multiple

VLAN

values

and

ranges

(for

example,

“10,

14,

70-79”).

•
For
virtual

contexts
configured
for
an
ACE,
do

the

following: