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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Server

Farms
Fail-
On-All
Field
that

appears

only

for

real

servers

identified

as

host


ser

vers.
By
default,

real

servers

with

multiple

probes

configured

for

them

have

an

OR

logic

associated

with
them.
This

means

that

if

one

of

the

real

server

probes

fails,

the

real

server

fails

and

enters

the
PROBE-FAILED
state.
Check
this

checkbox

to

configure

a

real

server

to

remain

in

the

OPERATIONAL

state

unless

all
probes
associated

with

it

fail

(AND

logic).
The
Fail-On-All

function

is

applicable

to

all

probe

types.
State
State
of

this

server

as

follows:


In
Service—The

server

is

in

service.


In
Service

Standby—The

server

is

a

backup

server

and
remains
inactive

unless

the
primary
server
fails.

If

the

primary

server

fails,

the

backup

server

becomes

active

and

starts

accepting
connections.


Out
Of

Service—The

server
is
out

of

service.
Min.
Connections
Minimum
number

of

connections

that

the

number

of

connections

must

fall

below

before

the

ACE
resumes
sending

connections

to

the

server

after

it

has

exceeded

the

number

i

n

the

Max.
Connections
field.

The

number

in

this

field

must

be

less

than

or

equal

to

the

number

in

the

Max.
Connections
field.
For
ACE

appliances,

valid

entries

are

from

2

to

4294967295.
For
ACE

modules,

valid

entries

are

from

2

to

4000000.
Max.
Connections
Maximum
number

of

ac

tive

connections

that

can

be

sent

to

the

server.

When

the

number

of
connections
exceeds

this

number,

the

ACE

stops

sending

connections

to

the

server

until

the
number
of

connections

falls

below

the

number

specified

in

the

Min.

Connections

field.
For
ACE

appliances,

valid

entries

are

from

2

to

4294967295.
For
ACE

modules,

valid

entries

are

from

2

to

4000000.
Weight
Weight
to

assign

to

the

server.

Valid

entries

are

from

1

to

100.

The

default

is

8.
Probes
Probes
to

apply

to

the

server.

Choose

the

probes

in

the

Available

Items

list

that

you

want

to

apply
to
this

server,

and

click

Add.

The

selected

probes

appear

in

the

Selected

Items

list.

To

remove
probes
that

you

do

not

want

to

use,

choose

the

probes

in

the

Selected

Items

list,

and

click

Remove.
The
selected

probes

appear

in

the

Available

Items

list.
Note
The
VM

probe
type
does
not

display

in

the
Available
Items

list

even

if

you

have
one
configured.
Rate
Bandwidth
Bandwidth
rate,

which

is

the

number

of

bytes

per

second

and

applies

to

the

network

traffic
exchanged
between

the

ACE

and

the

real

ser

ver

in

both

directions.
Specify
the

bandwidth

limit

i

n

bytes

per

second.

Valid

entries

ar

e

fr

om

2

t

o

300000000.

The
default
is

300000000.
Rate
Connection
Connection
rate,

which

is

the

number

of

connections

per

second

received

by

the

ACE

and

applies
only
to

new

connections

destined

to

a

real

server.
Specify
the

limit

for

connections

per

second.

Valid

entries

are

from

2

to

350000.

The

default

is
350000.
Table
8-8
Real
Server

Configuration

Attributes

(continued)
Field
Description