7-15
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
7






Configuring

Virtual

Servers
Configuring
Virtual

Servers
Step
5
In
the

Basic

View,
configure
virtual
server

properties

by

entering
the
information

in
Ta
b

l

e
7-4
.
Note
Fields
and

information

related

to
IPv6
require
ACE
module
and
ACE

appliance
software
Version
A5(1.0)
or

later.
ICMP
Reply
Virtual
server

response

to

ICMP

ECHO

requests

as

follows:

•
None—The
virtual
server
is

not

to

send

ICMP

ECHO-REPLY

responses

to

ICMP

requests.

•
Active—The
virtual
server
is
to
send

ICMP

ECHO-REPLY

responses

only

if

the

configured
VIP
is

active.

•
Always—The
virtual
server

is

always

to

send

ICMP

ECHO-REPLY

responses

to

ICMP
requests.

•
Primary
Inservice—The

virtual
server
is
to
reply

to

an

ICMP

ping

only
if

the

primary
server
farm

st

ate

is

UP,

regardless

of

the

st

ate

of

the

backup

server

farm.

If


this

opt

ion

i

s
selected
an

d

th

e

pr

imary

server

farm

state

is

DOWN,

th

e

ACE

di

scards

the

ICMP

request
and
the

request

times

out.
VIP
Advertise
Field
that

appears

for

ACE

modules

only.
This
option

allows

the

ACE

to

advertise

t

he

IP

ad

dress

of

t

he

virtual

server

as

t

he

host

route.
Choose
the

desired

VIP

advertise

option

as

follows:

•
None—The
ACE

does

not

advertise

the

IP

address

of


the

virtual

server

as

t

he

host

route.

•
Active—The
ACE

advertises

the

IP

address
of

the

virtual

server
as
the

host

route

only

if
there
i

s

at

least

one

active

real

server

in

t

he

server

far

m.

•
Always—The
ACE

always

advertises

the

IP

ad

dress

of

t

he
virtual
ser

ver
as
the

host

route.

•
Active-Metric—The
ACE
advertises

the

IP

address

of

the

virtual

server

as

the

host

route

if
the
f

ollowing

occurs:

•
There
is
at

least

one

active

real

server

in

the
server
farm.

•
A
distance

metric

is

specified

for
the
route

in

the

Distance

field.

•
Always-Metric—The
ACE

advertises

the
IP

address

of

the

virtual
server
as

the
host
route,
using
the

distance

metric

in

the

Distance

field.
Distance
Field
that

appears

for

ACE

modules

only.
This
field

appears

if

you

chose

Active-Metric

or

Always-Metric

in

the

VIP

Advertise

field.
Enter
t

he

administrative

distance

to

be

included

in

the

routing

table.

Valid

entries

are

integers
from
1

to

254.
Status
Operating
state

of

the

virtual

server

as

follows:

•
In
Service—Enables

the

virtual
server
for

load-balancing

operations.

•
Out
Of

Service—Disables
the
virtual

server

for

load-balancing
operations.
Table
7-3
Virtual
Server

Properties

–

Advanced

View

(continued)
Field
Description