5-12
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
Importing
Cisco

IOS

Devices

with

Installed

Modules
This
section

shows

how

to

import

the

following

Cisco

IOS

chassis

devices

into

ANM

along

with

any
installed
ACE

modules

or

CSMs

that

ANM

detects

in

the

chassis:

•
Catalyst
6500

series

chassis

•
Catalyst
6500

Virtual
Switching
System

(VSS)

1440

•
Cisco
7600

series

routers
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

All

Devices.
The
Device

Management

window

appears.
Step
2
In
the

device

tree

or

in

the

All

Devices

table,

click
Add.
The
New

Device

window

appears.
Step
3
Enter
the

information

for

the

device

using

the
information
in
Ta
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5-2
.
Ta
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5-2
New
Device

Attributes
Field
Description
Name
Unique
name

for

the

device.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

no

spaces

and

a

maximum

of
26
alphanumeric

characters.
Model
Type
of

device

to

import.

From

the

Model

drop-down

list,

choose

Cisco

IOS

Device.
Primary
IP
IP
address

for

the

device

in

dotted-decimal

format.
Access
Protocol
Protocol
to

use

for

communication

with

the

device.

Choose

Secure/SSH2

(default

setting)

or

Telnet

as
the
protocol

that

ANM

uses

to

access

the

Cisco

IOS

devices.
User
Name
Account
name

for

device

access.
Note
If
you

did

not
configure
an

account

on

the

chassis

before

starting

this

procedure,
you

can

enter
an
alphanumeric

st

ring

with

no

spaces

to

complete

t

his

procedure.

However,

we

recommend
that
you

c

onfigure

an

account

on

t

he

device

t

o

prevent

unauthorized

access.
Password
Password
for

the

account.
Enable
Password
Provides
an

extra

level

of

security.
SNMP
v2c

Enabled
Check
the

SNMP

v2c

Enabled

checkbox

to

configure

SNMP

access.
Description
Field
that

appears

if

you

check

the

SNMP

v2c

Enabled

checkbox.
Enter
the

community

string

for

the

device.
Note
If
you
are

adding

a

Catalyst

6500

series

chassis,

in

the

Community

field,
enter

the

SNMP
community
string

already

configured

on

the

Catalyst

6500

series

chassis.

ANM

uses

this

string
to
query

device

status

information

such

as

VLAN

and

interface

status.

This

SNMP

community
string
is

also

used

for

any

CSM

devices

contained

in

the

specified

Catalyst

6500

series

chassis.
For
Catalyst

6500

series

chassis,

CSS,

an

d

CSM

devices,

the

SNMP

community

string

already
configured
on

the

device

is

used

by

ANM

for

polling.

For

ACE

modules

and

ACE

appliances,

the
SNMP
community

string

entered

into

ANM

is

configured

on

the

ACE

module/appliance

and

is

used
for
polling

the

devices.
Custom
Prompt

Settings