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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
8






Configuring

Real

Servers

and

Server

Farms
Configuring
Server

Farms
Step
5
When
you

finish

configuring

this
server
for

this

server

farm,

do

one


of

t

he
following:

•
Click
Deploy
Now

to

deploy
this
configuration

on

t

he
ACE

and

save

your

entries

t

o

the
running-configuration
and

startup-configuration

files.

You

return

to

the

Real

Servers

table.

•
Click
Cancel
to
exit

this

procedure

without
saving
your

entries

and

to

return

to

the
Real
Servers
table.

•
Click
Next
t

o
deploy
your

entries

and

to
add
another

real

server

for


this

ser

ver
farm.
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
Configuring
the

Predictor

Method

for

Server

Farms
You
can

configure

the

predictor

method

for

a

server

farm.

The

predictor

method

specifies

how

the

ACE
is
to

select

a

server

in

the

server

farm

when

it

receives

a

client

request

for

a

service.

After

adding

a

server
farm
(see

the

“Configuring

Server

Farms”

section

on

page

8-30 ),

you

can

associate

real

servers

with

it
and
configure

the

predictor

method

and

retcode

maps.

The

options

for

these

attributes

appear

after

you
have
successfully

added

a

new

server

farm.
Note
You
can

configure

onl

y

one

predictor

method

per
server
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.
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
configure

the

pr

edictor
method
for,
and
click

the

Predictor

tab.
The
Predictor

configuration

pane

appears.
Step
3
In
the
Type

field

of

the

Predictor
configuration
pane,

choose

the

method

that

the

ACE

is
to
use

to

select
a
server

in

this

server

farm

when

it

receives

a

client

request

(see

Ta

b

l

e


8-9 ).
Step
4
Enter
the
required

information

for
the
selected

predictor

method
(see
Ta
b

l

e
8-9
).