15-3
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
15






Configuring

Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization
Configuring
an

HTTP

Optimization

Action

List

•
Layer
7

s

erver

load-balancing

class

map—This

cl

ass
map
identifies
th

e

Layer
7

server
load-balancing
match

criteria

to

apply

to

incoming

traffic,

such

as

URL,

HTTP

cookie,

HTTP
header,
or

source

IP

address.

See

Configuring

Virtual

Context

Policy

Maps,

page

14-32

•
Layer
7

HTTP

optimization

policy
map—This

policy

map

applies

the

HTTP

optimization

action

list
and
opt

ionally

an

op

timization

parameter

map

t

o

Layer

7

HTTP

t

raffic.

See

Configuring

Virtual
Context
Policy

Maps,

page

14-32 .

•
Layer
3

and

Layer
4
class
map—By

using
match
criteria,
this

class

map

identifies

the

network

traffic
that
can

pass

through

the

ACE

appliance.

The

match

criteria

includes

the

VIP

address

for

the
network
traffic.

The

ACE

appliance

uses

these

Layer

3

and

Layer

4

traffic

classes

to

perform

server
load
balancing.

See

Configuring

Virtual

Context

Policy

Maps,

page

14-32 .

•
Layer
3

an

d

Layer

4
policy
map—This
policy
map

ass

ociates

server

load-balancing
actions

and
HTTP
optimization

action

lists

with

the

VIP.

See

Setting

Policy

Map

Rules

and

Actions

for

Layer
3/Layer
4

Network

Traffic,

page

14-41

and

Configuring

Traffic

Policies

for

HTTP

Optimization,
page
15-6 .

•
Layer
7

server
load-balancing
policy

map—This

policy

map

specifies

the

server

load-balancing
actions
that

the

ACE

appliance

is

to

perform.

See

Configuring

Virtual

Context

Policy

Maps,
page
14-32 .
You
can

al

so

configure:

•
Optimization
parameter
maps—Optimization
parameter
maps

allow

you
to

configure

specific
options
for

action

list

items.

You

can

configure

optimization

parameter

maps

when

configuring

a
virtual
server

or

as

a

separate

procedure.
When
you

configure

a

parameter

map

with

an

action

list

for

a

class

map,

the

ACE

appliance

validates
the
action

list

and

parameter

map

configurations

before

deploying

them.
See:

–

Configuring

Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization,

page

7-53

–

Configuring

Optimization

Parameter

Maps,

page

10-12 .

•
Global
application

acceleration

and

optimization
options—The

acceleration

and

optimization
options
allow

you

to

apply

specific

acceleration

and

optimization

features

for

logging

and
debugging
on

a

gl

obal

level

on

t

he

ACE

appliance.

See

Configuring

Global

Application
Acceleration
and

Optimization,

page

15-9 .
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
Traffic

Policies

for

HTTP

Optimization,

page
15-6

•
Optimization
Overview,

page
15-2
Configuring
an

HTTP

Optimization

Action

List
An
HTTP

optimization

action

list

groups

a

series

of

individual

application

acceleration

and

optimization
operations
t

hat

you

want

t

he

ACE

t

o

perform.
Use
this

procedure

to

configure

an

HTTP

optimization

action

list.
Ti
p
You
can

al

so

configure

action
lists
when
configuring

a

vi

rtual
server.
For

more

information,

see
“Configuring
Application

Acceleration

and

Optimization”

section

on

pa

ge

7-53 .