5-4
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Information
About

Importing

Devices
Information
About

Importing

Devices
The
quickest

and

easiest

way

to

add

devices

to

ANM

is

to

import

them

individually

using

the

Add
function
available

at


Config

>

Devices.

If


you

already

know

t

he

device

IP

ad

dress,

you

can

use

this
procedure
to

add

your

devices

to

ANM.
Before
you

begin

importing,

you

ne

ed

to

set

up

your

network

devices

so

that

ANM

can

communicate
and
monitor

them.
In
the

sections

that

follow,

you

will

perform

the

following

steps

to

prepare

and

import

devices:
1.
Enable
SSH

ac

cess
(see
the
“Preparing
Devices
for
Import”

section

on

page
5-4
).
2.
Modifying
the

ANM

timeout

setting

(see
the
“Modifying
the

ANM

Timeout
Setting
to

Compensate
for
Network

Latency”

section

on

page

5-9 ).
Note
This
step
is
required
only
when
network

latency

is

causing

a

t

imeout
issue
t

hat

pr

events
ANM
from

establishing

a

communication

link

with

the

device

to

be

imported.
3.
Import
devices

(see

the
“Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM”

section

on

page
5-10
).
To
add

large

numbers

of

devices,

you

can

use

IP

Discovery

before

you

import

your

devices.

This

process
is
not

as

efficient

as

using

the

Add

function.

IP

Discovery

shows

where

devices

are

but

does

not

add

the
devices
to

ANM.

We

recommend

that

you

use

the

Config

>

Devices

>

Device

Management

>

Add
function.
For

details

on

IP

Discovery,

see

the

“Discovering

Large

Numbers

of

Devices

Using

IP
Discovery”
section

on

pa

ge

5-27 .
Note
Before
i

mporting

a

device,
the
ANM

server

pings

the

IP

ad

dress

of

t

he
device.
If

you

have

a

firewall
between
the

ANM

server

and

the

device

that

you

want

to

import,

your

network

administrator

needs

to
modify
the

firewall

to

allow

the

ping

traffic

to

reach

the

device

or

ACE.
Preparing
Devices

for

Import
This
section

describes

how

to

set

up

your

devices

to

allow

ANM

to

communicate

with

them

and

also
describes
the

requirements

for

adding

ACE

devices

that

are

high

availability

peers.
ANM
uses

the

following

protocols

for

communication:

•
For
communication
to
an

ACE

module

or

appliance:

–

XML

over

HTTPS

–

SSHv2

(read

and

write)

–

SNMP

V2C

(read-only)

–

Syslog

over

User

Datagram

Protocol

(UDP)

(inbound

notifications

only)

•
For
communication

to

the

Catalyst

6500

Virtual

Switching

System

(VSS)

1440:

–

SSHv2

and

Telnet

(r

ead

and

write)

–

SNMP

V2C

(read-only)

–

Syslog

over

UDP

(inbound

notifications

only)

•
For
communication

to

a

Ca

talyst

6500

series

switch,

Cisco

7600

series
router,
CSM,

or


CSM-S:

–

SSHv2

and

Telnet

(r

ead

and

write)