5-11
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

•
The
t

ime
required
to
import

devices

depends

on

t

he

number

of


appliances,

chassis,

modules,

and
contexts
t

hat

you

are

importing.

For

example,

an

ACE

appliance

with

20

vi

rtual

contexts

t

akes
longer
than

an

ACE

appliance

with

5

contexts.

While

ANM

imports

devices,

you

cannot

perform
other
activities

in

the

same

session.

You

can,

however,

establish

a

new

session

with

the

ANM

server
and
perform

activities

on

other

appliances,

chassis,

modules,

or

virtual

contexts.

•
Network
latency

can

prevent
ANM
from

establishing

a

communication

link

with
a

device

that

you
want
to

import.

When

ANM

is

providing

the

device

with

the

device

credentials

(username

and
password),
by

default

it

waits

two

seconds

after

providing

the

device

username

for


the

password
prompt
t

o

appear.

The

l

ink

times

out

when

it

takes

l

onger

than

two

seconds

for

the

next


prompt

to
appear.
For

information

about

possible

causes

of

network

latency

that

can

create

this

issue

and

how
to
adjust

the

ANM

timeout

value,

see

the

“Modifying

the

ANM

Timeout

Setting

to

Compensate

for
Network
Latency”

section

on

page

5-9 .
Prerequisites
This
topic

includes

the

following

prerequisites:

•
Before
adding

a

device

or

ACE

module,
the
ANM

server

pings

the
IP

address

of

the

device

or

ACE
module.
If

yo

u

have

a

firewall

between

t

he

ANM

server

and

the

device

you

want

to

i

mport,

your
network
administrator

needs

to

modify

the

firewall

to

allow

the

ping

traffic

to

reach

the

device

or
AC
E


m

o

d

u

l

e

.

•
To
import

your

devices

successfully,

ensure

the

following:

–

The

ACE

module

or


CSM

has


booted

successfully

and

is

i

n

the

OK/Pass

state

(enter

the

show
module

supervisor

Cisco

IOS

CLI

command

to

verify

this

action).

–

The

ACE

appliance

or

the

CSS

state

is

up

and

running.

There

is

no

command

to

validate

whether
these
devices

ar

e

up

a

nd

running.
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
Importing
Cisco

IOS

Host

Chassis

and

Chassis

Modules,

page
5-11

•
Importing
ACE

Appliances,

page
5-21

•
Importing
CSS

Devices,

page
5-22

•
Importing
GSS

Devices,

page
5-23

•
Importing
VMware

vCenter

Servers,

page
5-24
Importing
Cisco

IOS

Host

Chassis

and

Chassis

Modules
This
section

shows

how

to

import

a

Cisco

IOS

host

chassis

into

ANM,

such

as

the

Catalyst

6500

series
chassis
or

the

Cisco

7600

series

router.

After

you

define

the

Cisco

IOS

device

during

the

import

process,
you
import

the

ACE

or

CSM

modules

that

currently

reside

in

the

chassis

and

are

detected

by

ANM.
When
you

add

additional

modules

to

the

Cisco

IOS

device,

you

import

the

new

modules

into

ANM
without
having

to

redefine

the

host

chassis.
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
Importing
Cisco

IOS

Devices

with

Installed

Modules,

page
5-12

•
Importing
ACE

Modules

after

the

Host
Chassis
has
been
Imported,

page
5-16

•
Importing
CSM
Devices
after
the

Host

Chassis
has
been

Imported,

page
5-19

•
Importing
VSS

1440

Devices

after

the

Host

Chassis

has

been
Imported,
page
5-20
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