7-7
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

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Chapter
7






Configuring

Virtual

Servers
Configuring
Virtual

Servers
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
Virtual

Servers,

page
7-2

•
Virtual
Server
Configuration

and

ANM,

page
7-2

•
Virtual
Server

Usage

Guidelines,

page
7-5

•
Virtual
Server

Configuration

Procedure,
page
7-7
Virtual
Server

Configuration

Procedure
You
can

add

virtual

servers

to

the

ANM

for

load-balancing

purposes.
Assumptions
This
topic

assumes

the

following:

•
Depending
on

the

protocol

to

be
used
for

the

virtual
server,
parameter

maps

need

to

be
defined.

•
For
SSL

service,

SSL

certificates,

keys,

and

chain

groups,

parameter

maps

must

be
configured.
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
ANM
does

not

support

CSM

DNS

virtual

servers.

If

you

create

this

type

of

virtual

server,

ANM

issues
an
error

message

if

you

attempt

to

use

ANM

to

activate

or

suspend

it.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Virtual

Servers.
The
Virtual

Servers

table

appears.

For

details

about

the

information

that

displays,

see

“Displaying
Virtual
Servers

by

Context”

section

on

page

7-65 .
Step
2
In
the

Virtual

Servers

table,

click

Poll

Now

to

instruct

ANM

to

poll
the
devices

and

display

the

current
va
l

u

es

.
Step
3
Click
OK
when

prompted

if
you
want

to

poll
the
devices

for

data
now.
Step
4
Click
Add
to

add

a

new

virtual

ser

ver,

or

ch

oose

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

that

you

make
in
the

Properties

subset.

Change

views

by

using

the

View

object

selector

at

the

top

of

the

configuration
pane.
Ta
b

l

e


7-1

identifies

and

describes

virtual

server

configuration

subsets

with

links

to

related

topics

for
configuration
information.
Note
The
protocols

that
are
available

depend

on

the

ACE

device

that

you

are

configuring.

For

a

list
of
the
protocols

available

for

each

ACE

device

t

ype,

see

Ta

b

l

e


7-2 .