8-27
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Dynamic

Workload

Scaling
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
Configuring
and
Verifying
a
Cisco
Nexus

7000

Ser

ies

Switch

Connection,
page
8-27

•
Configuring
and
Verifying
a

VM

Controller

Connection,

page
8-29
Configuring
and

Verifying

a

Cisco

Nexus

7000

Series

Switch

Connection
Note
This
feature
requires

ACE

software

Version

A4(2.0)

or

later

release

on

either

device

type

(appliance

or
module).
You
can

configure

an

ACE

with

the

Cisco

Nexus

7000

Series

switch

attributes

required

to

allow

the

ACE
to
communicate

with

the

switch

using

SSH.

When

configured

for

DWS,

the

ACE

uses

the

Nexus

7000
Series
switch

to

obtain

VM

location

information

(local

or

remote).
You
can

also

use

this

procedure

to

edit

the

attributes

of

an

existing

Nexus

7000

Series

switch

profile

or
remove
a


s

wit

ch

p

rofi

l

e.
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
The
number

of

Nexus

7000

Series

switch

profiles

that

you

can

define

per

ACE

Admin

context

is

as
follows:

•
ACE
software

Version

A4(2.0)

to

A5(1.1)—One

switch

profile
only.

•
ACE
soft

ware

Version

A5(1.2)

or

later—Up

to
two
switch

profiles.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config

>

Devices

>

Admin_context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Dynamic

Workload

Scaling

>

Nexus
7000
Setup.
The
Nexus

7000

Setup

pane

appears.
Note
If
existing

Nexus
7000
Series

switch

profiles

already

exist,

the

Name

field

lists

their

profile
names
in

drop-down

list

on

the

right.

Multiple

switch

profiles

requires

ACE

software

Version
A5(1.2)
or

later.
Step
2
From
the

Nexus

7000

Setup

pane,

do

one

of

the

following:

•
To
define

a

new

Nexus

7000

series

switch

profile,

do

the

following:
a.
From

the

Name

field,

click

the

text

box

radio

button

if

it

is

not

already

selected

and

enter

a
Nexus
7000

name

with

a

maximum

of

64

characters.

See

the

Note

at

the

beginning

of

this

chapter
for
ACE

object

naming

specifications.
b.

From

the

Primary

IP

filed,

enter

the

Nexus

7000

XML

interface

IP

address

in

dotted-decimal
format
(such

as

192

.168.11.1).
c.

From

the

User

Name

field,

enter

the

username

that

the

ACE

uses

for

access

and

authentication

on
the
Nexus

7000

Series

switch.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

a

maximum

of
64
characters

with

no

spaces.