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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Configuring
Virtual

Contexts
Ta
b

l

e


6-2
Virtual
Context

Configuration

Options
Configuration
Subset
Description
Related
Topics
System
The
System

co

nfiguration

subset

in

cludes

t

he
following:

•
Primary
attributes

such

as

building

block,
resource
class,

and

VLAN

options

•
Syslog
attributes

that

allow

you

to

identify

the
type
and

severity

of

syslog

messages

that

are
to
be

l

ogged,

the

sysl

og

log

host,

log
messages,
and

log

rate

limits

•
SNMP
attributes

•
Global
policy

maps

for

all

VLANs

on

a

virtual
context

•
ACE
license

attributes

that

allow

you

to

view,
install,
remove,

update,

and

copy

licenses

for
AC
E


h

a

r

d

w

a

r

e

•
Resource
classes

that
allow

you

to

manage
virtual
context

access

to

individual

ACE
devices

•
Checkpoint
(snapshot

in

time)

of

a

known
stable
running

configuration

•
Back
up

or

restore

the

configuration

and
dependencies
of


an

entire

ACE

or

of

a


particular
virtual

context
Note
ACE
licenses
and
resource

classes
can

be
configured
in

an

Admin

context

only.

•
Configuring
Virtual
Context

Primary
Attributes,
page

6-14

•
Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings,
page
6-19

•
Configuring
SNMP

for

Virtual

Contexts,
page
6-27

•
Applying
a

Policy

Map

Globally

to

All

VLAN
Interfaces,
page

6-35

•
Managing
ACE

Li

censes,

page
6-36

•
Using
Resource

Classes,

page
6-43

•
Using
the

Configuration

Checkpoint

and
Rollback
Service,

page

6-54

•
Performing
Device

Backup

and

Restore
Functions,
page

6-59

•
Performing
Global

Device

Backup
and
Copy
Functions,
page

6-68
Load
Balancing
Load-balancing
attributes

allow

you

to

do

the
following:

•
Configure
virtual

servers,

real

servers,

and
server
farms

for

load

balancing

•
Establish
the
predictor

method

and

return
code
checking

•
Implement
sticky

groups

for

session
persistence

•
Configure
parameter

maps
to
combine

related
actions
for

pol

icy

maps

•
Configure
NAT

so

t

hat

onl

y
one

address

for


the
entire

network

to

the

outside

world

is
advertised

•
Configure
a

secure

keepalive-appliance
protocol
(KAL-AP)

as

sociated

with

a

vi

rtual
context
to

enable

communication

between

the
ACE
and

a

Global

Site

Selector

(GSS)

•
Information
About

Load

Balancing,

page
7-1

•
Configuring
Virtual

Servers,

page
7-2

•
Configuring
Server

Farms,

page
8-30

•
Configuring
Health

Monitoring

for

Real
Servers,
page

8-51

•
Configuring
Sticky

Groups,

page
9-7

•
Configuring
Parameter

Maps,

page
10-1
•
Configuring
VLAN

Interface

NAT

Pools,
page
12-26
•
Configuring
Secure

KAL-AP,

page
8-77