8-43
User
Guide
for
the
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
5.2
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Chapte
r
8
Configuring
Real
Servers
and
Server
Farms
Configuring
Server
Farms
Least
Bandwidth
Server
with
the
least
amount
of
network
traffic
over
a
specified
sampling
period.
Do
the
following:
a.
In
the
Assess
Time
(Seconds)
field,
enter
the
number
of
se
conds
for
which
the
ACE
is
to
collect
traffic
information.
Valid
entries
are
from
1
to
10
seconds.
b.
In
the
Least
Bandwidth
Samples
field,
enter
the
number
of
samples
over
which
you
want
to
weight
and
average
the
results
of
the
probe
query
to
calculate
the
final
load
value.
Valid
entries
are
1,
2,
4,
8,
and
16
(values
from
1
to
16
t
hat
are
also
a
power
of
2).
Least
Connections
Server
with
the
fewest
number
of
connections.
In
the
Slow
Start
Duration
(Seconds)
field,
enter
the
slow-start
value
to
be
applied
to
this
predictor
method.
Valid
entries
are
from
1
to
65535,
where
1
is
the
slowest
ramp-up
value.
The
slow-start
mechanism
is
used
to
avoid
sending
a
high
rate
of
new
connections
to
servers
that
you
have
just
put
into
service.
Table
8-9
Predictor
Method
Attributes
(continued)
Predictor
Method
Description
/
Action
