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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
7






Configuring

Virtual

Servers
Managing
Virtual

Servers
Note
Do
not

enter

a
password
in

this

field.
Related
Topics

•
Managing
Virtual

Servers,

page
7-66

•
Displaying
Virtual

Servers,

page
7-81

•
Activating
Virtual
Servers,

page
7-71
Managing
GSS

VIP

Answers
This
section

describes

how

to

manage

GSS

VIP

answers.

In

a

GSS

network,

the

term

answers

refers

to
resources
that

respond

to

content

queries.

When

you

create

an

answer

using

the

primary

Global

Site
Selector
Manager

(PGSSM),

you

are

simply

identifying

a

resource

on

your

GSS

network

to

which
queries
can

be

directed

and

that

can

provide

your

user’s

D-proxy

with

the

address

of

a

valid

host

to

serve
their
request.
Virtual
IP

(VIP)

addresses

associated

with

an

SLB

such

as

the

Cisco

CSS,

Cisco

CSM,

Cisco
IOS-compliant
SLB,

LocalDirector,

or

a

Web

server

are

types

of

answers

that

are

specified

in

the

ANM
user
interface

in

the

GSS

VIP

Answers

table

found

in

ANM

under

Configuration

>

Operations.

Use

this
procedure
to

poll,

activate,

or

suspend

GSS

VIP

answers.
Prerequisites
Make
sur

e

that

you

have

established

GSS

VIP

answers

using

the

PGSSM.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Operations

>

GSS

VIP

Answers.
The
GSS

Answers

table

appears.

For

a

list

of

fields

available,

see

Ta

b

l

e


7-21 .
Ta
b

l

e


7-21
GSS
Answer

Table
Field
Description
Multiple
Row

Selection

Checkbox
Check
box

that

selects

all

entries

at

the

same

time,

or

you

can

check

line

items
individually.
IP
Address
VIP
answer

IP

address.
Name
VIP
answer

name.
Config
State
VIP
answer

configured

status.
PGSSM
Oper

State
Operational
st

atus

as


shown

on

the

pri

mary

GSS

manager

(PGSSM).
Answer
Group
Answer
group

names

to

which

the

VIP

answer

belong.
Location
Logical
groupings

for

GSS

resources

that

correspond

to

geographical

entities

such

as

a
city,
data

center,

or

content

site.
Device
Primary
GSS

device

name

on

ANM.
PGSSM
Time
Last
operational

st

atus

update

time

on

t

he

primary

GSS.