8-37
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Server

Farms
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
Health
Monitoring
for
Real

Servers,

page
8-51

•
Configuring
Real
Servers,
page
8-5

•
Configuring
Sticky

Groups,

page
9-7

•
Configuring
the

Predictor

Method
for
Server

Farms,

page
8-39

•
Configuring
Server

Farm

HTTP

Return
Error-Code
Checking,

page
8-46

•
Configuring
Dynamic

Workload

Scaling,

page
8-26
Adding
Real

Servers

to

a

Server

Farm
You
can

add

real

servers

to

a

server

farm.

After

adding

a

server

farm

(see

the

“Configuring

Server

Farms”
section
on

page

8-30 ),

you

can

associate

real

servers

with

it

and

configure

predictors

and

retcode

maps.
The
opt

ions

for

t

hese

at

tributes

appear

af

ter

you

have

successfully

added

a

new

ser

ver

farm.
Assumptions
This
topic

assumes

the

following:

•
A
server

farm

has

been

added

to
ANM
(see

the
“Configuring
Server

Farms”

section

on

pa

ge
8-30
).

•
At
least

one

real

server

exists.
Consideration
A
server

farm

can

support

a

mi

x

of

IPv

6

and

IPv4

real

ser

vers.

IPv6

requires

ACE

module

and

ACE
appliance
software

Version

A5(1.0)

or

later.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

Load

Balancing

>

Server

Farms.
The
Server

Farms

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the
Server
Farms

t

able,

choose

t

he

server

farm

that
you
want
to
associate

with
real
servers.
The
Real

Servers

table

appears.
Step
3
In
the

Real

Servers
table,
click
Add
to

add
a
new

entry,

or

select

an

existing

server

and
click
Edit
to
modify
it.
The
Real

Ser

vers

configuration

pane

appears.
Step
4
In
the

Real

Servers

configuration

pane,

configure

the

real

server
using
the

information

in
Ta
b

l

e
8-8
.
Ta
b

l

e


8-8
Real
Server

Configuration

Attributes
Field
Description
Name
Server
that

you

want

to

associate

with

the

server

farm.
Port
Port
number

to

be

used

for

server

port

address

translation

(PAT).

Valid

entries

are

from

1

to

65535.
Backup
Server

Name
Server
that

is

to

act

as

the

backup

server

for

the

server

farm.

Leave

this

field

blank

to

indicate

that
there
is

no

designated

backup

server

for

the

server

farm.
Backup
Server

Port
Server
port

number.

If

you

select

a

backup

server,

enter

the

backup

server

port

number.

Valid
entries
ar

e

fr

om

1

t

o

65535.