8-29
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
Configuring
and

Verifying

a

VM

Controller

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

VM

Controller

(VMware

vCenter

Server)

attributes

required

to

allow
the
ACE

to

communicate

with

the

VM

Controller

to

obtain

local

VM

load

information.
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
Configure
only

one

VM

Controller

per

ACE

Admin

context.
Prerequisites
The
ACE

is

configured

to

communicate

with

the

local

Cisco

Nexus

7000

Series

switch

that

enables

the
ACE
to

discover

the

locality

of

the

VM

Controller

VMs

(see

t

he

“Configuring

and

Verifying

a

Cisco
Nexus
7000

Series

Switch

Connection”

section

on

pa

ge

8-27 ).
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config

>

Devices

>

Admin_context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Dynamic

Workload

Scaling

>

VM
Controller
Setup.
The
VM

Controller

Setup

pane

appears.
Step
2
From
the

VM

Controller
Setup
pane,

define

the

VM

Controller

using

the

information
in
Ta
b

l

e
8-6
.
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

Dynamic

Workload

Scaling

also

requires

configuring

the

ACE

with

the
Nexus
7000

information

(see

the

“Configuring

and

Verifying

a

Cisco

Nexus

7000

Series

Switch
Connection”
section

on

pa

ge

8-27 )

and

configuring

a

VM

health

probe

(see

the

“Configuring
Health
Monitoring”

section

on

pa

ge

8-49 ).
Ta
b

l

e


8-6
VM
Controller

Setup
Field
Description
Name
VM
Controller

name

(see

the

Note

at


the

beginning

of

this
chapter
for


ACE

obj

ect

naming

specifications).
URL
IP
address

or

URL

for

the

VM

Controller

web

services

API

agent.

The

URL

must

point

to

the
VM
Controller

software

development

kit

(SDK).

For

example,

https://1.2.3.4/sdk.

Enter

up

to

255
characters.
User
Name
Username
that

th

e

ACE

uses

for

access

and

au

thentication

on

th

e

VM

Controller.

The

user

must

have

a
read-only
role

at

least

or

a

role

with

a

read

privilege.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

a

maximum
of
64

characters

and

no

spaces.
Password
Password
that

the

ACE

uses

for

authentication

on

the

VM

Controller.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings
with
a

maximum

of

64

characters

and

no

spaces.
Reenter
the

password

in

the

Confirm

field.