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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
7






Configuring

Virtual

Servers
Configuring
Virtual

Servers
Configuring
Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization
Note
This
option

is

available

only

for

ACE

appliances

and

only

in

the

Advanced

View.
You
can

configure

acceleration

and

optimization

on

vi

rtual

ser

vers

that

are

configured

on

ACE
appliances.
The

ACE

appliance

includes

configuration

options

that

allow

you

to

accelerate

enterprise
applications,
resulting

in

increased

employee

productivity,

enhanced

customer

retention,

and

increased
online
revenues.

The

application

acceleration

functions

of

the

ACE

appliance

apply

several

optimization
technologies
to

accelerate

Web

application

performance.

This

application

acceleration

functionality
enables
enterprises

to

optimize

network

performance

and

improve

access

to

critical

business
information.
It

also

accelerates

the

performance

of

Web

applications,

including

customer

relationship
management
(CRM),

portals,

and

onl

ine

collaboration

by

up

t

o

10

t

imes.
See
the

“Configuring

Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization”

section

on

pa

ge

15-1

or


the

Cisco
4700
Series

Application

Control

Engine

Appliance

Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization
Configuration
Guide

for

more

information

about

application

acceleration

and

optimization.
Assumption
Make
sure

t

hat

a

vi

rtual

server

has

been

configured

on

an


ACE

ap

pliance

with

HTTP

or

HTTPS

as

t

he
application
protocol.

See

the

“Configuring

Virtual

Servers”

section

on

page

7-2

for

information

about
configuring
a

vi

rtual

server.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Virtual

Servers.
The
Virtual

Servers

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the

Virtual

Servers

table,

choose

the

virtual
server
that
you
want

to

configure

for
optimization,
and
click
Edit.
The
Virtual

Server

configuration

window

appears.
Step
3
In
the

Virtual

Server

configuration

window,

click
Application
Acceleration

And

Optimization.
The
Application

Acceleration

And

Optimization

configuration

pane

appears.
Step
4
In
the
Configuration

field

of

the

Application
Acceleration

And

Optimization

configuration
pane,
choose
the
method

that

you

want

to

use

to

configure

application

acceleration

and

optimization:

•
EZ—Use
standard

acceleration

and

optimization

options.

Continue

with
Step
5
.

•
Custom—Associate
specific

match

criteria,

actions,

and
parameter
maps

for
application
acceleration
and

optimization

for

the

virtual

server.

If

you

choose

this

option,

continue

with

Step

6
through
Step

14 .
Step
5
(Optional)
If

you

chose

EZ,

the

Latency

Optimization

(FlashForward)
and
Bandwidth

Optimization
(Delta)
fields

appear.
Do
the

following:
a.
Check
the
Latency
Optimization

(FlashForward)

check

box

to

specify

that

the

ACE

appliance

is
to
use

bandwidth

reduction

and

download

acceleration

techniques

to

objects

embedded

within
HTML
pages.

Uncheck

the

check

box

to

specify

that

the

ACE

appliance

is

not

to

employ

these
techniques
to

obj

ects

embedded

within

HTML

pages.

Latency

opt

imization

corresponds

to
FlashForward
functionality.

For

more

information

about

FlashForward

functionality,

see

the
“Optimization
Overview”

section

on

page

15-2 .