8-6
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Real

Servers
Configuring
Load

Balancing

on

Real

Servers
You
can

configure

load

balancing

on

re

al

ser

vers.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Real

Servers.
The
Real

Servers

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the

Real

Servers
table,
click
Poll

Now

to

instruct

ANM

to

poll

the

devices

and

display

the

current
values,
and

click

OK

when

prompted

if

you

want

to

poll

the

devices

for

data

now.
Step
3
Click
Add
to
add
a

new

real

server,

or

choose

a

real

server
you
want

to

modify

and

click
Edit.
The
Real

Servers

configuration

window

appears.
Step
4
In
the

Real

Servers

configuration

window,
configure
the

server
using
the

information

in
Ta
b

l

e
8-1
.
Note
Fields
and

information

related

to
IPv6
require
ACE
module
and
ACE

appliance
software
Version
A5(1.0)
or

later.
Ta
b

l

e


8-1
Real
Server

Attributes
Field
Description
Name
Field
that

allows

you

to

either

enter

a

unique

name

for

this

server

or

accept

the

automatically
incremented
value

in

this

field.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

no

spaces

and

a
maximum
of

64

ch

aracters.
Ty
p

e
Type
of

server:

•
Host—The
real

server

provides

content

and

services
to
clients.

•
Redirect—The
server

redirects

traffic

to

a

new

location.
State
State
of

the

real

server:

•
In
Service—The

real

server

is

in

service.

•
Out
Of

Service—The
real
server

is

out

of

service.
Description
Brief
description

for

this

real

server.

Valid

entries

are

strings

of

up

to

240

characters.

Spaces

and
special
c

haracters

ar

e

al

lowed.
IP
Address

Type
Field
that

appears

only

for

ACE

module

and

ACE

appliance

software

Version

A5(1.0)

or

later,
which
supports

IPv4

and

IPv6.

These

selections

appear

only

for

real

servers

specified

as

hosts.
Select
th

e

IP

ad

dress

ty

pe

of

this

real

server:

•
IPv6—The
real

server

has
an
IPv6

address.

•
IPv4—The
real

server

has
an
IPv4

address.
IPv6/IPv4
Address
For
ACE

module

and

ACE

appliance

software

versions

earlier

than

A5(1.0),

this

field

does

not
include
the

IP

version

number.

This

field

appears

for

only

real

servers

specified

as

hosts.
Enter
a

unique

IP

address

as

indicated

by

the

IP

Address

Type

field.

The

IP

address

cannot

be

of

an
existing
virtual

IP

address

(VIP),

real

server

or

interface

in

the

context.