5-10
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM
Step
2
Restart
ANM

as


fo

llows:

•
ANM
Server—Enter

the

following

command:
/opt/CSCOanm/bin/anm-tool
restart

•
ANM
Virtual

Appliance—Enter
the
following

command:
anm-tool
restart
Step
3
Import
the

device.
See
one

of

the

following

sections:

•
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM,

page
5-10

•
Discovering
Large

Numbers

of
Devices
Using

IP

Discovery,

page
5-27
Step
4
(Optional)
If

the

timeout

issue

persists,

slowly

increase

the

timeout
value
by
repeating
this

procedure.
Do
not

increase

the

timeout

value

beyond

60000

milliseconds.
Related
Topics

•
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM,

page
5-10

•
Discovering
Large

Numbers

of
Devices
Using

IP

Discovery,

page
5-27
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM
ANM
allows

you

to

add

the

following

devices

individually

to

its

database:

•
ACE
appliances

•
AC
E


m

o

d

u

l

e

s

•
Catalyst
6500

series

chassis

•
Catalyst
6500

Virtual
Switching
System

(VSS)

1440

•
Cisco
7600

series

routers

•
Cisco
Content

Services

Switch

(CSS)

devices

•
Cisco
Content

Switching
Module
(CSM)

devices

•
Cisco
Global

Site

Selector

(GSS)

devices

•
VMware
vCenter

Servers
We
recommend

that

you

use

the

procedures

in

this

section

to

add

your

devices

to

ANM

because

they

are
faster
and

more

efficient

than

running

IP

Discovery

(see

the

“Discovering

Large

Numbers

of

Devices
Using
IP

Discovery”

section

on

pa

ge

5-27 ).
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
This
topic

includes

the

following

guidelines

and

restrictions:

•
When
adding

a
module
device,

such

as

an


ACE

module
or
a

CSM,

you

must

first

import
the
host
chassis
device,

such

as

a

Cisco

Catalyst

6500

series

switch

chassis,

and

then

you

a

dd

the

installed
modules.
The

chassis

device

is

referred

to

as

a

Cisco

IOS

device

dur

ing

the

device

import

process.