10-3
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
10






Configuring

Parameter

Maps
Configuring
Connection

Parameter

Maps
Configuring
Connection

Parameter

Maps
You
can

configure

a

connection

parameter

map

for

use

with

a

Layer

3/Layer

4

policy

map.

Connection
parameter
maps

combine

all

IP

and

TCP

connection-related

behaviors

pertaining

to

the

following:

•
TCP
normalization,

termination,
and
server

reuse

•
IP
nor

malization,

fr

agmentation,

and

reassembly
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>
Devices
>
context
>
Load

Balancing
>
Parameter
Maps
>
Connection

Parameter
Maps.
The
Connection

Parameter

Maps

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the

Connection

Parameter

Maps
table,
click
Add
to

add

a

new

parameter
map,
or

choose

an

existing
parameter
map

and

click

Edit

to

modify

it.
The
Connection

Parameter

Maps

configuration

window

appears.
Step
3
In
the

Connection

Parameter

Maps

configuration

window,

configure

the

parameter

map

using

the
information
in

Ta

b

l

e


10-2 .
Click
More

Settings

to

access

the

additional

Connection

Parameter

Map

configuration

attributes.

By
default,
ANM

hides

the

default

Connection

Parameter

Map

configuration

attributes

and

the

attributes
that
are

not

commonly

used.
Ta
b

l

e


10-2
Connection
Parameter

Map

Attributes
Field
Description
Parameter
Name
Unique
name

for

the

parameter

map.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

no

spaces

and

a
maximum
of

64

al

phanumeric

ch

aracters.
Description
Field
that

appears

for

ACE

module

A2(1.5),

ACE

appliance

A3(2.3),

and

later

releases

of

either
device
type.

If

you

attempt

to

use

the

Description

feature

with

an

ACE

that

is

running

an

earlier
software
version,

ANM

displays

an

invalid

command

detected

error

message

and

does

not

deploy

the
parameter
map.
Brief
description

of

the

parameter

map.

Enter

a

text

st

ring

with

a

maximum

of

240


alphanumeric
characters
(A–Z,

a–z,

0–9).

Spaces

and

special

characters

are

allowed.

Double

quotes

must

be
entered
as

ma

tching

pairs.
Inactivity
Timeout
(Seconds)
Number
of


seconds

t

hat
the
ACE
is
to
wait
before

di

sconnecting

i

dle

connections.

Valid

entries

ar

e
from
0

to

3217203.

A

value

of

0

i

ndicates

that

the

ACE

is

never

to

t

ime

out

a

TCP

connection.