8-31
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Server

Farms
Configuring
Load

Balancing

Using

Server

Farms
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Server

Farms.
The
Server

Farms

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the
Server

Farms

table,

click
Pol
l

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

server

farm,

or


choose

an

existing

ser

ver

farm

and

cl

ick

Edit.
The
Server

Farms

configuration

window

appears.
Step
4
In
the

Server

Farms

configuration

window,

configure

the

server

farm

using

the

information

in
Ta
b

l

e
8-7
.
Ta
b

l

e


8-7
Server
Farm

Attributes
Field
Description
Name
Unique
name

for

this

server

farm

or

accept

the

automatically

incremented

value

in

this

field.

Valid
entries
ar

e

unquoted

t

ext

strings

with

no

spaces

and

a

ma

ximum

of


64

characters.
Ty
p

e
Type
of

server

farm

as

follows:

•
Host—Server
farm

consists

of
real
servers
that
provide
content
and

services

to

clients.

•
Redirect—Server
farm
consists

only

of

real

servers

that

redirect

client
requests

to

alternate
locations
specified

in

the

real

server

configuration.

(See

the

“Configuring

Real

Servers”

section
on
page

8-5 .)
Description
Brief
description

for

this

server

farm.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

alphanumeric

text

strings

with

no
spaces
and

a

maximum

of

240

characters.
Fail
Action
Action
that

the

ACE

is

to

take

with

respect

to

connections

if

any

real

server

in

the

server

farm

fails:

•
N/A—The
ACE

is

to

take

no

action

if

any
server
in

the

server
farm
fails.

•
Purge—The
ACE

is

to

remove

connections

to

a

real

server
if

that

real

server

in

the

server

farm
fails.
The

ACE

sends

a

reset

command

to

both

the

client

and

the

server

that

failed.

•
Reassign—The
ACE

is

to

reassign

the

existing

server

connections

to

the

backup

real

server

(if
configured)
if

the

real

server

fails

after

you

enter

this

command.

If

a

backup

real

server

has

not
been
configured

for

the

failing

server,

this

selection

leaves

the

existing

connections

untouched
in
the

failing

real

server.