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.