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Chapter 3 Using DM Guided Setup
Using ACE Hardware Setup
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Config > Guided Setup > ACE Hardware Setup.
The ACE Hardware Setup window appears with the Configuration Type drop-down list.
Step 2 From the Configuration Type drop-down list, choose whether to set up the ACE as a standalone device
or as a member of a high-availability (HA) ACE pair:
• Standalone—The ACE is not to be used in an HA configuration.
• HA Secondary—The ACE is to be the secondary peer in an HA configuration.
• HA Primary—The ACE is to be the primary peer in an HA configuration.
Note Ensure that you complete the ACE hardware setup task for the secondary device before you set
up the primary device.
Step 3 Click Start Setup.
The License window appears (Config > Guided Setup > ACE Hardware Setup > Licenses). Cisco
offers licenses for ACE appliances that allows you to increase the number of default contexts,
bandwidth, and SSL TPS (transactions per second). For more information, see the Administration Guide,
Cisco ACE Application Control Engine on cisco.com.
If you need to install licenses at this point, go to Step 4.
If you do not need to install licenses at this point, go to Step 5.
Step 4 Install one or more ACE licenses (see the “Managing ACE Appliance Licenses” section on page 4-29).
Note For an ACE primary and secondary HA pair, because each ACE license is only valid on a single
hardware device, licenses are not synchronized between HA peer devices. You must install an
appropriate version of each license independently on both the primary and secondary ACE
devices.
Step 5 Click SNMP v2c Read-Only Community String under ACE Hardware Setup (Config > Guided Setup
> ACE Hardware Setup > SNMP v2c Read-Only Community String).
The SNMP v2c Read-Only Community String window appears.
Perform the following actions to configure an SNMP community string (a requirement for an ACE to be
monitored by DM):
a. Click Add (+) at the top of the SNMP v2c Read-Only Community String table to create an SNMP
community string. The New SNMP v2c Community window appears.
Note For DM to monitor an ACE, you must configure an SNMPv2c community string in the
Admin virtual context.
b. In the Read-Only Community field, enter the SNMP read-only community string name. Valid entries
are unquoted text strings with no spaces and a maximum of 32 characters.
Additional SNMP configuration selections are available under Config > Virtual Contexts > context >
System > SNMP. See the “Configuring SNMP for Virtual Contexts” section on page 4-19.
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