6-4
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Creating
Virtual

Contexts
Default
Gateway

IP

for

IPv6
Field
that

appears

only

for

ACE

module

and

ACE

appliance

software

Version

A5(1.0)

or

later.
IPv6
address

of

the

default

gateway

or

choose

the

forward

VLAN

interface

or

BVI,

as

follows:

•
IPv6
Address

field—Enter
the
address

of

the

gateway

router

(the

next-hop

address

for

this
route).
Then,

use

the

right

arrow

to

move

it

to

the

Selected

field.

Y
ou

can

enter

a

maximum
of
eight

addresses

including

a

selected

VLAN

or

BVI

through

the

Outgoing

Interfaces
setting.
Default
static

routes

with

a

prefix

and

IP

address

of

::0

previously

configured

on

the

ACE
appear
in

t

he

Selected

field.

•
Outgoing
Interfaces—Select

either

VLAN

or

BVI

used

for

the

link-local

address

only.
And
then

select

the

Interface

Number

for

the

VLAN

or

BVI.
Enable
High

Availability
Context
to

be

used

in

a

high

availability

(HA)

group.
Note
This
field

is

unavailable

if

the

associated

FT

interface

is
not
configured
or
if

the

ACE
peer
is

not

known.

See

Chapter

13,

“Configuring

High

Availability”

for

details

on
ACE
HA

groups.
Management
Settings
VLAN
Id
VLAN
number

that

you

want

to

assign

to

the

management

interface.

Valid

values

are

from

2
to
4094.

The

VLAN

ID

should

be

available

in

the

allocated

VLAN

interface

list.

By

default,
all
devices

are

assigned

to

VLAN1,

known

as

the

default

VLAN.
Note
You
must

enter

a

VLAN

ID

before

the

other
Management
Settings

attribute
fields
are
enabled
fo

r

configuring.
VLAN
Description
Description
for

the

management

i

nterface.

Enter

an

unquoted

t

ext

string

t

hat

contains

a
maximum
of

240


alphanumeric

characters

including

spaces.
Interface
Mode
Topology
that

reflects

the

relationship

of

the

selected

ACE

virtual

context

to

the

real

servers
in
the

network:

•
Routed—The
ACE
virtual

context

acts
as
a

router
between

the

client-side

network

and
the
server-side

network.

In

this

topology,

every

real

server

for

the

application

must

be
routed
through

the

ACE

virtual

context,

either

by

setting

the

default

gateway

on

each

real
server
to

the

virtual

context

server-side

VLAN

interface

address,

or

by

using

a

separate
router
with

appropriate

routes

configured

between

the

ACE

virtual

context

and

the

real
servers.

•
Bridged—The
virtual

ACE

bri

dges

t

wo

VLANs—a

cl

ient-side
VLAN

and

a

re

al-server
VLAN—on
the

same

subnet

using

a

bridged

virtual

interface

(BVI).

The

real

server
routing
does

not

change

to

accommodate

the

ACE

virtual

context.

Instead

the

virtual

ACE
transparently
handles

traffic

to

and

from

the

real

servers.
Management
IP
IPv4
address

that

is

to

be

used

for

remote

management

of

the

context.
Note
ANM
considers

an

interface

as

a

management

interface

if

it

has

a

management

policy
map
associated

with

the

VLAN

interface.

See

the

“Configuring

Virtual

Context

VLAN
Interfaces”
section

on

page

12-6 .
Management
Netmask
Subnet
mask

to

apply

to

this

IP

address.
Alias
IP

Address
IP
address

of

the

alias

this

interface

is

associated

with.
Peer
IP

Address
IP
address

of

the

remote

peer.
Table
6-1
Virtual
Context

Configuration

Attributes

(continued)
Field
Description