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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
7






Configuring

Virtual

Servers
Configuring
Virtual

Servers
Probes
Health
monitoring

pr

obes

to

use:

•
To
include

a

probe

that

you

want
to
use

for

health

monitoring,

choose

it

in

the

Available

list,

and
click
Add.
The

probe

appears

in

the

Selected

list.
The
redirect

real

server

probe

list

contains

only

configured

probes

of

the

type

Is

Routed,

which

means
that
the

ACE

routes

the

probe

address

according

to

the

ACE

internal

routing

table

(see

the
“Configuring
Health

Monitoring”

section

on

page

8-49 .
Note
You
can

associate

both

IPv6

and

IPv4

probes

to

a

server

farm.

IPv6

requires

ACE

module

and
ACE
appliance

software

Version

A5(1.0)

or

later.
Note
The
list
of

available

probes
does
not

include

VM

health

monitoring

probes.

To

choose

a

VM
probe
for

monitoring

local

VM

usage,

see

the

Dynamic

Workload

Scaling

fi

el

d.

•
To
remove
a
probe

that

you

do

not

want

to

use

for

health

monitoring,

choose

it

in

the

Selected
list,
and
cl

ick

Remove.

The

probe

appears

in

the

Available

list.

•
To
specify

a

sequence

for

probe

use,

choose

probes

in

the

Selected

list,

and

click
Up
or

Down

until
you
have

the

desired

sequence.

•
To
view

the

configuration

for

an

existing

probe,

choose

a

probe

in

the

list
on
the

right,

and

click
Vi
e

w


to
review

its

configuration.

•
To
display

statistics

and
status
information

for
an
existing
probe,
choose

a

probe
in
the

list

on
the
right,
and

click

Details.

ANM

accesses

the

show

probe

name

detail

CLI

command

to

display
detailed
probe

information.

See

the

“Displaying

Health

Monitoring

Statistics

and

Status
Information”
section

on

page

8-77 .
To
add

a

new

probe,

click

Create.

See

the

“Configuring

Health

Monitoring

for

Real

Servers”

section

on
page
8-51

for

details

on

adding

a

new

health

monitoring

probe

and

defining

attributes

for

the

specific
probe
type.

In

ad

dition

to

the

probe

attributes

that

you

set

as

described

i

n

the

“Configuring

Health
Monitoring
for

Real

Servers”

section

on

page

8-51 ,

set

the

following

probe

configuration

parameters

in
the
Probes

section

under

Server

Farm

as

described

as

follows:

•
Expect
Addresses—To

configure

expect
addresses

for

a

DNS

probe,

in

the

IPv4/IPv6

Address

field,
enter
the

IP

address

that

the

ACE

is

to

expect

as

a

server

response

to

a

DNS

request.

You

can

enter
multiple
addresses

in

this

field;

however,

you

c

annot

mix

IPv4

and

IPv6

addresses.
Note
IPv6
requires
ACE

module

and

ACE

appliance

sof

tware

Version
A5(1.0)
or

l

ater.

•
Probe
Headers—To

configure

probe
headers
for
either

an

HTTP

or

HTTPS

probe,

in

the

Probe
Headers
field

enter

the

name

of

the

HTTP

header

and

the

value

to

be

matched

using

the

format
header_name=header_value
where:

•
header_name
represents
the
HTTP

header

name

the

probe

is
to

use.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted
text
strings

with

no

spaces

and

a

maximum

of

64

alphanumeric

characters.

You

can

specify
predefined
header

or

any

custom

header

name

pr

ovided

that

it

does

not


exceed

t

he

maximum
length
limit.

•
header_value
represents

the

string

to

assign

to

the
header
field.

Valid

entries

are
text

strings

with
a
maximum

of

255

characters.

If

the

string

includes

spaces,

enclose

the

string

with

quotes.
Table
7-13
New
Server

Farm

Attributes

(continued)
Field
Description