6-3
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Creating
Virtual

Contexts
Step
2
In
the

Virtual

Contexts

table,

click
Add.
The
New

Virtual

Context

window

appears.
Step
3
Configure
the

virtual

context

using
the
information
in
Ta
b

l

e
6-1
.
Click
Basic

Settings,

Management

Settings,

or

More

Setting

to

access

the

additional

configuration
attributes.
By

default,

ANM

hides

the

Management

Settings

and

More

Settings

groups

of

configuration
attributes
until

you

specify

a

VLAN

identifier

in

the

Management

Settings

group.
Note
Fields
and

information

related

to
IPv6
require
ACE
module
and
ACE

appliance
software
Version
A5(1.0)
or

later.
Ta
b

l

e


6-1
Virtual
Context

Configuration

Attributes
Field
Description
Basic
Settings
Name
Unique
name

for

the

virtual

context.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

no

spaces

and
a
maximum

of

64


alphanumeric

characters.
This
field

i

s

read-only

for


existing

contexts.
Device
Device
to

associate

with

this

context.
This
field

appears

for

new

contexts

only.
Description
Brief
description

of

t

he

virtual

context.

Enter

a

description

as

an


unquoted

text

st

ring

with

a
maximum
of

240


alphanumeric

characters.
Module
Field
that

appears

when

a

chassis

contains

multiple

ACE

modules

and

for

new

contexts

only.
Choose
the

module

to

associate

with

this

context.
Resource
Class
Resource
class

that

this

virtual

context

is

to

use.
Allocated
VLANs
Number
of

a

VLAN

or

a

range

of

VLANs

used

by

the

traffic

that

the

context

is

to

receive.

You
can
specify

VLANs

in

any

of

the

following

ways:


For
a

single

VLAN,

enter

an
integer
from

2

to
4096.


For
multiple,

nonsequential

VLANs,

use

comma-separated

entries,

such

as

101,

201,

302.


For
a

range

of

VLANs,

use

the

format

<beginning-VLAN>-<ending-VLAN>,

such

as
101-150.
Note
VLANs
cannot

be

modified

in
an
Admin

context.
Default
Gateway

IP

for

IPv4
IPv4
address

of

the

default

gateway.

Use

a

co

mma-separated

list

to

specify

multiple

IP
addresses,
such

as

192

.168.65.1,

192.168.64.2.
Default
static

routes

with

a

netmask

and

IP

address

of

0.0.0.0

previously

configured

on

the
ACE
appear

in

this

field.