5-15
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM
Note
For
security

reasons,

we
recommend

that

you

change

the

username

and

password

on

your

ACE
after
you

import

it.

The

security

on

your

ACE

module

can

be

compromised

because

the
administrative
username

and

password

are

configured

to

be

the

same

for

every

ACE

shipped
from
Ci

sco.

See

t

he

“Changing

ACE

Module

Passwords”

procedure

on

page

5-77 .
h.
In
the

Password

field,
enter
the
password
for
accessing
this
module.

Reenter

the
password

in

the
Confirm
field.

Valid

entries

are

unquoted

text

strings

with

a

maximum

of

64

characters.

The

default
admin
credentials

are

admin/admin.
Step
9
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
OK
to

save
your
entries

and

to

continue
with

the

device

configuration.

A

progress

bar

reports
status
and

the

Device

configuration

window

appears.

•
Click
Cancel
to

exit

the

procedure

without

importing

ACE

modules

and

to

return

to

the

All

Devices
table.
Note
Clicking
Cancel
in

this

window

does

not

cancel

the

chassis

importing
process.
Step
10
(Optional)
To

confirm

t

hat

t

he
virtual
contexts

on

the
ACE
module

were

successfully
imported
into
ANM,
do

the

following:
a.
Choose
Config
>

Devices.

The

device

tree

appears.
b.
In
the

device

tree,
choose
the
chassis

device

and

ACE

module
that
you

just

imported.

The

Virtual
Contexts
table

appears,

listing

the

contexts

for

that

device.
c.
Confirm
that

the

contexts

imported

successfully:

–

If

OK

appears

in

the

Config

Status

column,

it

means

that

the

context

imported

successfully.

–

If

Import

Failed

appears

in

the

Config

Status

column,

it

means

that

the

context

di

d

not


i

mport
successfully.
d.
To
synchronize
the
configurations

for

the

context

import
that
failed,

choose

the

context,

and

then
click
Sync.

ANM

will

synchronize

the

context

by

uploading

it

from

the

ACE

device.
For
more

information

on

synchronizing

virtual

contexts,

see

the

“Creating

Virtual

Contexts”
procedure
on

page

6-2 .
Note
If
you

receive

au

thentication

er

rors

or

incorrect

username/password

er

rors

wh

en

trying

to


import

ACE
devices,
refer

to

the

ACE

documentation

regar

ding

username

and

password

settings

and

limitations.
Ti
p
After
you
add

an

ACE

module,

see

the
“Enabling
a

Setup

Syslog

for

Autosync

for


Use
With

an

ACE”
section
on

page

5-27

to

enable

auto

sync,

which

allows

ANM

to

synchronization

with

the

ACE

CLI

when
ANM
receives

a

syslog

message

from

the

ACE

rather

wait

the

default

polling

period.
Relate
Topics

•
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