3-19
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
3






Using

ANM

Guided

Setup
Using
Application

Setup
Vi
r

t

u

a

l


Server
The
virtual

server

defines
the

load-balancing

configuration

for

an

application.

Perform

the

following
actions
to
create

or

modify

a

virtual

server:
a.
If
you
want
to

poll

the
devices
and

display

the

current

values,

click
Poll
Now,

an

d

th

en

OK

when
prompted
if

you

want

to

poll

the

devices

for

data

now.
b.
Click
Add
to

add

a

new

virtual

server,

or

choose

an

existing

virtual

server,

and

click

Edit

to

modify

it.
The
Virtual

Server

configuration

window

appears

with

a

number

of

configuration

subsets.

The

subsets
that
you

see

depend

on

whether

you

use

the

Basic

View

or

the

Advanced

View

and

entries

you

make

in
the
Properties

subset.

Change

views

by

using

the

View

object

selector

at

the

top

of

the

configuration

pane.
c.
Add
or

edit

required

fields.

For
configuration
details,

see

the
“Virtual

Server

Configuration

Procedure”
section
on

page

7-7 .

Ta

b

l

e


7-1

identifies

and

describes

virtual

server

configuration

subsets

with

links

to
related
topics

for

configuration

information.

Virtual

servers

have

many

configuration

options.

At

a
minimum,
you

need

to

configure

the

following

attributes:

–

Set

the

VIP,

port

number

(TCP

or

UDP),

and

application

protocol

for

your

application.
Note
If
the

ACE

is

t

o
terminate
the

cl

ient

HTTPS

connections,

choose
HTTPS
as

the

Application
Protocol.

–

(One-Armed

Topology)

For

VLAN,

choose

the

VLAN

defined

in

VLAN

Int

erfaces .

–

(Routed

Topology)

For

VLAN,

choose

the

cl

ient-side

VLAN

defined

VLAN

Int

erfaces .

–

(Bridged

Topology)

For

VLAN,

choose

the

client-side

VLAN

defined

in

VLAN

Int

erfaces .

–

If

the

ACE

is

to

terminate

client

HTTPS

connections,

then

under

the

SSL

Termination

header,
specify
the

SSL

proxy

defined

in

SSL

Proxy .

–

Under

the

Default

L7

Loadbalancing

Action,

set

Primary

Action

to

Loadbalance.

–

Create

a

server

farm

that

contains

one

or

more

real

servers

for

this

application

(see

Ta

b

l

e


7-13

in

the
“Configuring
Virtual

Server

Layer

7

Lo

ad

Balancing”

section

for

details

on

setting

server

farm
attributes).

–

If

the

ACE

is

t

o

initiate

HTTPS

connections

t

o

the

real

ser

vers,

choose

the

desired

SSL

pro

xy

for


initiation
to

this

application

from

the

menu

next

to

SSL

Initiation.

–

(One-Armed

Topology)

Under

NAT,

enter

t

he

NAT

pool

ID

from

St

ep

8.
After
you

set

up

a

base

virtual

server,

you

can

test

it

to

validate

your

configuration

and

isolate

any

issues
in
your

networking

application.

You

can

then

add

these

more

advanced

load

balancing

options

to

your
networking
application:

–

Additional

real

servers

to

a

server

farm.

See

Ta

b

l

e


7-13

in

the

“Configuring

Virtual

Server

Layer

7
Load
Balancing”

section

for

details.

–

Health

monitoring

probes

and

attributes

for

the

specific

pr

obe

type.

See

Ta

b

l

e


7-14

in

the
“Configuring
Virtual

Server

Layer

7

Lo

ad

Balancing”

section

for

details.

–

Stickiness,

where

client

requests

for

content

are

to

be

handled

by

a

sticky

group

when

match
conditions
are

met.

See

Ta

b

l

e


7-15

in

the

“Configuring

Virtual

Ser

ver

Layer

7

Load

Balancing”
section
for

details.
Table
3-2
Guide
Setup

Configuration

Attributes

(continued)
Attribute
Description