1-2
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
1






Overview
ANM
Overview
You
can

install

the

ANM

ser

ver

software

on

a

standalone

ser

ver

or

on

a

V

Mware

virtual

machine

as
shown
in

Figure

1-1 .

The

capabilities

and

functions

of

the

ANM

software

are

the

same

regardless

of
which
application

you

use.

This

guide

uses

the

following

terms

to

reference

the

two

ANM

applications:
ANM
server
Dedicated

server

with

ANM

server

software

and

Red

Hat

Enterprise

Linux

(RHEL)

operating
system

installed

on

it.

For

information

about

installing

this

type

of

ANM

application,

see

the
Installation

Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2 .
ANM
Virtual

Appliance
VMware

virtual

appliance

with

ANM

server

software

and

Cisco

Application

Delivery

Engine
Operating

System

(ADE

OS)

installed

on

it.

Cisco

distributes

ANM

Virtual

Appliance

(ANM

VA)
in

Open

Virtual

Appliance

(.OVA)

format.

For

information

about

installing

this

type

of

ANM
application,

see

the

Installation

Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2

Virtual
Appliance .
Figure
1-1
Sample
ANM

Network

Deployment
The
sample

network

application

i

n

Figure

1-1

illustrates

the

following

ANM

and

ACE

features:

•
VMware
integration—Feature

that

enables

ANM

and
the
ACE

to

be

integrated
with

VMware,
allowing
you

to

create

and

manage

server

farms

for

application

delivery

that

consist

of

real

servers
that
are

a

combination

of

physi

cal

ser

vers

and

VMware

vi

rtual

machines

(VMs).
VM
VM
VM
VMware
ESX
(i)

Host
VM
VM
VM
VMware
ESX
(i)

Host
VMware
vCenter
VMware
vSphere
Client
Cisco
ACE
Vir

tual
Machines
Vir

tual
Machines
Physical
Ser

vers
OTV/DCI
Link
(Dynamic
Workload
Scaling)
Cisco
Nexus
7000
Client
Client
Client
Local
Data
Center
Remote
Data
Center
Cisco
ANM
Standalone
Ser

ver
or
Vir

tual

Appliance
VM
VM
VM
VMware
ESX
(i)

Host
Cisco
Nexus
7000
ANM
Mobile