5-5
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Preparing
Devices

for

Import

–

SNMP

V2C

(read-only)

–

Syslog

over

UDP

(inbound

notifications

only)

•
For
communication
to
the

CSS:

–

Telnet

(read

and

write)

–

SNMP

V2C

(read-only)

–

Syslog

over

UDP

(inbound

notifications

only)

•
For
communication
to
the

GSS:

–

SSHv2

–

Remote

Method

Invocation

(RMI)

over

SSL
Note
Before
you
import

a

GSS

device
into
ANM,

you

need

to

set

the

GSS

communication

on

the
GSS
Ethernet

interface

that

will

be

used

to

import

the

GSS

into

ANM.

See

the

Cisco

Global
Site
Selector

Command

Reference

on

Cisco.com

for

instructions

on

using

the
gss-communications
command.

•
For
communication

to

a

VMware

vCenter

Server,

HTTPS

is

used.
Note
For
more

information

about

communication
between

ANM

and

a

VMware

vCenter

Server,
see
th

e

“Prerequisites

for

Using

ANM

With

VMware

vSphere

Client”

section

on

page

B-4
and
“Guidelines

and

Restrictions”

section

on

page

B-5 .
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
Enabling
SSH

or

Telnet
Access
on

Ca

talyst

6500

Series
Switches
and

Cisco
7600
Series

Routers,
page
5-5

•
Enabling
SSH

Access

and

the

HTTPS

Interface
on
the

ACE

Module
and
Appliance,
page
5-6

•
Enabling
SNMP

Polling

from

ANM,

page
5-7

•
ANM
Requirements

for
ACE
High

Availability,

page
5-8
Enabling
SSH

or

Telnet

Access

on

Catalyst

6500

Series

Switches

and
Cisco
7600

Series

Routers
You
can

choose

to

use

Telnet

or

SSH

to

import

a

Catalyst

6500

series

switch

or

Cisco

7600

series

router
in
ANM.

Telnet

is

enabled

by

default

on

the

Catalyst

6500

series

chassis.

If

you

have

disabled

Telnet

on
the
device,

you

need

to

enable

it

to

perform

the

initial

setup

and

import

of

an

ACE

module.

If

you

plan
to
directly

import

an

ACE

module

into

ANM,

Telnet

is

not

mandatory

on

a

Catalyst

6500

series

switch.
Note
If
you

choose

Telnet,
the
Use

Telnet

checkbox

will

be

checked

in

t

he
Primary
Attributes
window

(see
the
“Configuring

Catalyst

6500

Series

Chassis

and

Cisco

7600

Series

Router

Primary

Attributes”

section
on
page

5-38 ).
If
you

use

SSH

to

communicate

with

the

device,

you

mus

t

do

t

he

following:

•
SSHv2
must
be
enabled

on
the

chassis,

as
well
as

the

ACE,
in
order
for

ANM

to

add

device
information
about

the

chassis.