9-10
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
9






Configuring

Stickiness
Configuring
Sticky

Groups
Step
4
Do
one

of

the

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.

To

configure

st

icky

st

atics,

see

t

he
“Configuring
Sticky

Statics”

section

on

page

9-15 .

•
Click
Cancel
t

o

exit
the
procedure
without
saving

your

entries
and
t

o

return

t

o

the

Sticky

Groups
table.

•
Click
Next
t

o

deploy

your

entries

and

to
configure
another
sticky
group.
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
Sticky

Statics,

page
9-15
Address
Type
This
option

appears

only

for

sticky

type

IP

Netmask

or

IPv6

Prefix

(IPv6

requires

ACE

module
and
ACE

appliance

soft

ware

Version

A5(1.0)

or

l

ater).
Indicate
whether

this

sticky

type

is

to

be

applied

to

the

client

source

IP

address,

the

destination

IP
address,
or


both:

•
Both—Indicates
that

this

sticky

type
is
to

be

applied

to

both

the

source

IP

address

and

the
destination
IP

address.

•
Destination—Indicates
that

this

sticky

type
is
to

be

applied

to

the

destination

IP

address

only.
Source—Indicates
that

this

sticky

type

is

to

be

applied

to

the

source

IP

address

only.
Sticky
Server

Farm
Server
farm

that

you

want

to

associate

with

this

sticky

group.
Backup
Server

Farm
Backup
server

farm

that

is

associated

with

this

sticky

group.

If

the

primary

server

farm

is

down,
the
ACE

uses

the

backup

server

farm.
Aggregate
State
Field
that

appears

when

a

server

farm

and

backup

server

farm

are

selected.
Check
box

that

indicates

that

the

state

of

the

backup

server

farm

is

tied

to

the

virtual

server

state.
Uncheck
this

check

box

if

the

backup

server

farm

is

not

tied

to

the

virtual

server

state.
Sticky
Enabled

On
Backup
Server

Farm
Field
that

appears
when
a

server

farm

and

backup

server

farm

are

selected.
Check
box

that

indicates

that

the

backup

server

farm

is

sticky.

Uncheck

this

check

box

if

the
backup
server

farm

is

not

sticky.
Replicate
On

HA

Peer
Check
box

that

indicates

that

the

ACE

to

replicate

sticky

table

entries

on

the

standby

ACE.

If

a
failover
occurs

and

this

option

is

selected,

the

new

active

ACE

can

maintain

the

existing

sticky
connections.
Uncheck
this

check

box

to

indicate

that

the

ACE

is

not

to

replicate

sticky

table

entries

on

the
standby
ACE.
Timeout
(Minutes)
Number
of

minutes

that

the

ACE

keeps

the

sticky

information

for

a

client

connection

in

the

sticky
table
after

the

latest

client

connection

terminates.

Valid

entries

are

from

1

to

65535;

the

default

is
1440
minutes

(24

hours).
Ti
me

o

u

t


A

c

t

ive


Connections
Check
box
that

specifies

that

the

ACE

is

to

time

out

sticky

table

entries

even

if

active

connections
exist
after

the

sticky

timer

expires.
Uncheck
this

check

box

to

specify

that

the

ACE

is

not

to

time

out

sticky

table

entries

even

if

active
connections
exist

after

the

sticky

timer

expires.

This

behavior

is

the

default.
Table
9-1
Sticky
Group

Attributes

(continued)
Field
Description