3-14
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
3






Using

ANM

Guided

Setup
Using
Application

Setup
Using
Application

Setup
You
use

the

Application

Setup

task

to

set

up

load

balancing

for

an

application

in

which

you

choose

an
application
t

ype,

vi

rtual

context

to

configure,

and

network

topology

(see

Figure

3-4 ).

ANM

Gu

ided
Setup
displays

a

list

of

configuration

attributes

to

define

that

is

based

on

your

choice

of

application

type
and
network

t

opology.
Figure
3-4
Guided
Setup:

Application

Setup
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
The
Application

Type

drop

down

list

(see

Figure

3-4 )

includes

both

non-template

and

template-based
options.
The

template-based

options

are

application

definition

templates

that

allow

you

to

quickly
configure
one

or

mo

re

ACE

vi

rtual

contexts

(or


devices)

with

a

co

mplex

configuration

for

well

known
or
custom

in-house

applications.

A

template

can

be

a

Ci

sco-defined

syst

em

template

or

it

can

be
user-defined.
The

number

of

system

templates

that

display

in

the

drop-down

list

increases

as

more

of
these
templates

become

available

during

ANM

upgrades

or

you

import

them

into

ANM

from

the

Cisco
Developers
Network.

For

more

information,

see

the

“Information

About

Application

Template
Definitions
and

Instances”

section

on

pa

ge

4-1 .
By
default,

all

system

templates

display

in

the

Application

Type

drop

down

list.

You

can

edit

a

template
so
that

it

does

not

display

in

this

list.

For

more

information,

see

the

“Editing

an

Application

Template
Definition”
section

on

page

4-15 .
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Guided

Setup

>

Application

Setup.
The
Application

Setup

window

appears.
Step
2
From
the

Application

Type

drop-down

list,
choose
an

application

as

follows: