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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Dynamic

Workload

Scaling
Note
The
user

must

have
either
the

vdc-admin
or
network-admin

role

to
receive
the
Nexus

7000
Series
switch

output

for

the

VM

location

information

in

XML

format.
d.
From

the

Password

field,

enter

the

password

that

the

ACE

uses

for

authentication

on

the
Nexus
7000

Series

switch.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

a

maximum

of

64

characters
with
no

spaces.
e.

From

the

Confirm

field,

reenter

the

password

and

go

to

Step

3

.

•
To
edit
an

existing
Nexus
7000

Series

switch

profile,

do

the

following:
a.
From

the

Name

field,

click

the

radio

button

for

the

drop

down

list

that

contains

the

list

of

existing
switch
profile

names.
b.

From

the

drop

down

list,

choose

the

switch

profile

to

edit.

The

current

profile

attributes

display.
c.

Edit

the

profile

fields

as

described

in

the

procedure

above

for

creating

a

new

profile

and

go

to
Step
3 .
Step
3
Click
Deploy
Now

to

deploy
this

configuration

on

t

he
ACE
and

save

your

entries

t

o

the
running-configuration
and

startup-configuration

files.
Note
Configuring
the

ACE

for
DWS

also

requires

configuring

the

ACE

with

the

VM

Controller
information
(see

the

“Configuring

and

Verifying

a

VM

Controller

Connection”

section

on
page
8-29 )

and

configuring

a

VM

health

probe

(see

the

“Configuring

Health

Monitoring”

section
on
page

8-49 ).
Step
4
(Optional)
Click
Details
to

verify

connectivity

between

the

ACE

and
the
Nexus

7000

Series

switch.
The
ACE

show

nexus-device

device_name

detail

CLI

command

output

displays

in

a

popup

window

and
includes
information

such

as

the

device

name,

IP

address,

and

connection

information.

For

more
information
about

the

command

output,

see

the

Cisco

4700

Series

Application

Control

Engine

Appliance
Server
Load-Balancing

Configuration

Guide.
Step
5
(Optional)
Click
Delete
to

delete

the

currently
configured
Cisco

Nexus

7000
series
switch.
Caution
If
the

ACE

is

currently

configured

for
DWS,
deleting

the

Nexus

7000

Series

switch

disables
the
feature.
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
and
Verifying
a
VM

Controller
Connection,
page
8-29

•
Configuring
Health
Monitoring,

page
8-49

•
Configuring
Dynamic

Workload

Scaling,

page
8-26

•
Dynamic
Workload

Scaling

Overview,

page
8-4

•
Configuring
Real
Servers,
page
8-5

•
Configuring
Load

Balancing

Using

Server

Farms,

page
8-31