5-16
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM

•
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

•
Removing
Modules

from

the

ANM

Database,

page
5-80

•
Synchronizing
Module
Configurations,
page
5-67
Importing
ACE

Modules

after

the

Host

Chassis

has

been

Imported
You
can

add

ACE

modules

into

the

ANM

database

at

any

time

after

the

host

chassis

been

added.
Before
You

Begin

•
Ensure
that

the
module
to

be
imported
has

booted

successfully

and

is

in

OK/Pass

state.

To

check
the
module
state,

enter

the

show

module

supervisor

Cisco

IOS

CLI

command.

•
Note
that

time

needed

to
import
ACE

modules

depends
on
the
number
of

modules

and

contexts

that
you
are

importing.

For

example,

an

ACE

module

with

20

virtual

contexts

takes

longer

than

an

ACE
module
with

5

contexts.

While

ANM

imports

the

module,

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

devices,

modules,

or

virtual

contexts.

•
If
you

receive

authentication

er

rors
or
incorrect

username/password

er

rors

when

you

try

to
import
an
ACE

module,

see

the

ACE

documentation

regar

ding

username

and

password

settings

and
limitations.

•
If
you

physically

replace
an
ACE

module

in

a

chassis,

you

need

to

synchronize
the

chassis

in

ANM.
We
recommend

you

start

by

adjusting

syslog

settings

to

facilitate

the

ANM

auto

synchronization
process
as

de

scribed

in

the

“Enabling

a

Set

up

Syslog

for


Autosync

for

Use

With

an

ACE”

section
on
page

5-27 .
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
ANM
3.0

and

greater

releases

do

not

support

the

importing

of

an

ACE

module

that

contains

an

A1(6.x)
software
release

or

an

ACE

appliance

that

contains

an

A1(7.x)

or

A1(8.x)

software

release.

If

you
attempt
to

import

an

ACE

that

supports

one

of

these

releases,

ANM

displays

a

message

to

instruct

you
that
i

t

failed

to

i

mport

the

unr

ecognized

ACE

configuration

and

t

hat

device

di

scovery

failed.
However,
i

f

you

perform

an

ANM

upgrade

(for

example,

fr

om

ANM

2.2

to

ANM

3.0),

and

t

he

earlier
ANM
release

contained

an

inventory

with

an

ACE

module

that

supported

the

A1(6x)

software

release

or
an
ACE

appliance

that

supported

the

A1(7.x)

or

A1(8.x)

software

release,

ANM

3.0

(and

greater)

allows
the
A1(x)

sof

tware

release

t

o

reside

i

n

the

ANM

database

and

will

support

operations

for

the

release.
ANM
prevents

a

new

import

of

an

ACE

module

or

ACE

appliance

that

contains

the

unsupported

software
version.
We
strongly

recommend

that

you

upgrade

your

ACE

module

or

ACE

appliance

to

a

supported

ACE
software
release,

and

that

you

instruct

ANM

to

recognize

the

updated

release.

See

the

“Instructing

ANM
to
Recognize

an

ACE

Module

Software

Upgrade”

section

on

pa

ge

5-71 .
See
the

Supported

Device

Tables

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

for

a

complete

list

of
supported
ACE

module

and

ACE

appliance

software

releases.
Prerequisites
The
host

chassis

of

the

ACE

module

that

you

are

adding

has

been

imported

(see

the

“Importing

Cisco
IOS
Host

Chassis

and

Chassis

Modules”

section

on

page

5-11 ).