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Context Configuration Mode Commands

(config-context) allocate-interface

(config-context) description

(config-context) member

Context Configuration Mode Commands

Context configuration mode commands allow you to configure attributes of virtual contexts. Each context that you create behaves like an independent device with its own policies, interfaces, domains, server farms, real servers, and administrators.

Each context, including the Admin context, has its own configuration file and local user database that are stored in the local disk partition in flash memory or that can be downloaded from an FTP, TFTP, or HTTP(S) server. The startup-config for each context is stored as the startup configuration file in flash memory.

In the Admin context, use the changeto command in Exec mode or the do changeto command in any configuration mode to move between contexts. Only users authenticated in the Admin context can use the changeto command. Other users that are authorized for more than one context must explicitly log in to each context.

To create a context and access context configuration mode, use the context command in configuration mode. The CLI prompt changes to (config-context). For information about the commands in context configuration mode, see the commands in this section.

Use the no form of this command to remove a context from the configuration.

context name

no context name

Syntax Description

name	Unique identifier of a virtual context. Enter an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters.

Command Modes

Configuration mode

Admin context only

Command History

Release	Modification
3.0(0)A1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

All commands in this mode require the Admin user role. For details about role-based access control (RBAC) and user roles, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Virtualization Configuration Guide.

Examples

To create a context named C1 and access context configuration mode, enter:

host1/Admin(config)# context C1

host1/Admin(config-context)#

To delete the C1 context, enter:

host1/Admin(config)# no context C1

Related Commands

show context
show running-config

(config-context) allocate-interface

To assign one or more VLAN interfaces to the context, use the allocate-interface command. Use the no form of this command to remove the VLAN from the context configuration.

allocate-interface vlan number_id

no allocate-interface vlan number_id

Syntax Description

vlan number_id

Identifies the VLAN to assign to the user context. For the number_id argument, enter the number of an existing VLAN that you want to assign to the context as an integer from 1 to 4096.

Command Modes

Context configuration mode

Admin context only

Command History

Release	Modification
3.0(0)A1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

After you allocate the interface to a user context, you can configure the interface in that context.

When a VLAN is shared in multiple contexts, the interfaces must be on the same subnet. However, the interfaces that share the VLANs will have different MAC addresses. These different MAC addresses on the same VLAN classify traffic on multiple contexts. No routing can occur across contexts even if you configure shared VLANs.

You cannot deallocate a VLAN from a user context if the VLAN is currently in use on that context.

Examples

To allocate the VLAN interface identified as 100 to the currently active context, enter:

host1/Admin(config-context)# allocate-interface vlan 100

Related Commands

show context
(config) interface

(config) hw-module

(config-context) description

To enter a description for a user context, use the description command. Use the no form of this command to remove the context description from the configuration.

description text

no description

Syntax Description

text	Description for the user context. Enter a description as an unquoted text string with a maximum of 240 characters.

Command Modes

Context configuration mode

Admin context only

Command History

Release	Modification
3.0(0)A1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command has no usage guidelines.

Examples

To provide a description of a user context, enter:

host1/Admin(config-context)# description context for accounting users

Related Commands

show context

(config-context) member

To associate a context with a resource class, use the member command. Use the no form of this command to remove a context from a resource class.

member class

no member class

Syntax Description

class

Name of an existing resource class. Enter the class name as an unquoted text string with a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters.

Command Modes

Context configuration mode

Admin context only

Command History

Release	Modification
3.0(0)A1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

You can associate a context with only one resource class. If you do not explicitly associate a context with a resource class, the ACE associates the context with the default resource class.

Examples

To disassociate a context from a resource class, enter:

host1/Admin(config-context)# no member RC1

Related Commands

show context
(config) resource-class