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1-1
User
Guide
for
the
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
5.2
OL-26572-01
1
Overview
Date:
3/
28/12
This
chapter
provides
an
overview
of
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
(ANM),
which
is
a
networking
management
application.
This
chapter
includes
the
following
sections:
•
ANM
Overview,
page
1-1
•
IPv6
Considerations,
page
1-3
•
Logging
In
To
the
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager,
page
1-5
•
Changing
Your
Account
Password,
page
1-6
•
ANM
Licenses,
page
1-7
•
ANM
Int
erface
Components,
page
1-8
ANM
Overview
ANM
is
a
client
server
application
that
enables
you
to
perform
the
following
functions:
•
Configure,
monitor,
and
t
roubleshoot
the
functions
of
supported
data
center
devices.
•
Create
policies
for
operations,
applications
owners,
and
server
administration
staff
to
activate
and
suspend
network-based
services
without
knowledge
of,
or
ability
to,
change
network
configuration
or
topology.
•
Manage
the
following
product
t
ypes:
–
Cisco
Application
Control
Engine
(ACE)
module
or
appliance
–
Cisco
Global
Site
Selector
(GSS)
–
Cisco
Content
Services
Switch
(CSS)
–
Cisco
Catalyst
6500
Virtual
Switching
System
(VSS)
1440
–
Cisco
Catalyst
6500
series
switch
–
Cisco
7600
series
router
–
Cisco
Content
Switching
Module
(CSM)
–
Cisco
Content
Switching
Module
with
SSL
(CSM-S)
–
VMware
vCenter
Server
