We have moved our Backend vlans (10.1.3.x & 10.1.4.x) from CSS to ACE recently. To proceed further with the Front end move, we need some configuration assistance with respect to ACE. The scenario is explained below:- Front End vlans 600 (10.1.6.x) & 700 (10.1.12.x) are currently configured/active in CSS. From the ACE, we have static routes for these vlans to be reachable by the backend Vlans 300 (10.1.3.x) & 400 (10.1.4.x). Once we configure vlan 600 & 700 interfaces in ACE, these networks will be known as locally connected thereby breaking the existing routes to the CSS front end vlans. In order to perform a phase by phase move if the front end servers, we need to have vlan 600 & vlan 700 configured at both CSS & the ACE End without breaking the production backend & Front end. Will specific static routes in ace precede the locally connected network or is there a recommended migration plan for this scenario? ... View more

Is there any SNMP based network monitors avaialable for Evaluation to monitor the traffic in ACE? ... View more

We have a Custom built tool to manage our existing CSS boxes wherein we shutdown multiple Services at one single instance without affecting the entire VIP. The reason to do that is because of the following scenario. 10 Servers. Each server has multiple interfaces configured to support multiple websites thru IIS. Out of the 10 Web servers if we plan to remove one server for code upgrade/deployment, we take that server and shutdown all its configured services from the CSS using our tool. I understand in ACE, the control is not at the Rserver level, but at the Server farm wherein you have all you servers configured for multiple ports. If I want to take a server (which is configured for multiple websites and multiple ports), I have to navigate to each server farm in the GUI (ANM) and then select the rserver one at a time..U know, it is time consuming.. Since ANM uses mysql to store the data collected from ACE module, is there a way we can create custom tools to achieve our requirement. If possible, Could you please provide us more information on the ACE/ANM Interaction and the options to customize ANM features? I checked and found from CISCO Site that ANM 1.2 is the latest and only available Software package to Manage ACE in GUI environment. Do you have any other recommendations are products? ... View more

Trying to implement Source NAT for a vlan 400(subnet 10.1.4.x/24)which contains both the servers & the vips. Servers - Default Gateway is the VLAN 400 INterface on the 6500 (which populates the ace module inside) and not the vlan 400 interface on the ACE module (tried using ACE interface, but it doesnt work).. ACL - Configured for Server to VIP Connectivity Class Map - COnfigured to match ACL Policy Map Matching class map and Nat dynamic statement Service policy for the above configured policy map. Nat pool <ip similar to the 10.1.4.x subnet> on the vlan interface. Test Results:- Connection attempted from server 10.1.4.218 to vip 10.1.4.172..I could see the connection coming in for the vip from the Server to the vip..But dont see a connection going out..I am sure the Server is trying to return the packet to the vip, searching it locally rather than reaching the ACE. Am i Missing something here.. ... View more