5-25
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM

•
ANM
does

not

recognize

all

the

special

characters

that

VMware

allows

you

to

use

in

a

VM

name.
If
you

import

a

VMware

vCenter

Server

containing

VM

names

that

use

certain

special

characters,
ANM
encounters

issues

that

affect

the

VM

Mappings

window

(Config

>

Devices

>

vCenter

>
System
>

VM

Mappings).

This

window

shows

how

VMs

map

to

real

servers.
The
issues

associated

with

certain

special

characters

in

VM

names

are

as

follows:

–

When

a

VM

name

contains

a

double

quote

(“),

ANM

is

not

able

to

display

the

VM

Mappings
window
(a

blank

window

displays).

–

When

a

VM

name

contains

a

percent

sign

(%),

backslash

(\),

or

forward

slash

(/),

ANM

displays
the
VM

name

in

the

VM

Mappings

window;

however,

t

hese

special

characters

di

splay

as

hex
values
(%25

for

%,

%5c

for

\,

and

%2f

for

/).
To
avoid

these

issues,

remove

these

special

characters

from

the

VM

name

before

you

use

the
following
procedure

to

import

the

VMware

vCenter

Server

in

to

ANM.

•
ANM
supports

i

mporting

a

VMware

vCenter

Server
operating
in
st

andard

mode

only.
You
cannot
import
a

vCenter

Server

operating

in

linked

mode.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

All

Devices.
The
All

Devices

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the

All

Devices

table,
choose
the
Add
button.
The
New

Device

window

appears.
Step
3
In
New

Device

window,

configure

t

he
VMware
vCenter

Ser

ver

using

the

i

nformation

i

n
Ta
b

l

e
5-9
.
Ta
b

l

e


5-9
VMware
vCenter

Server

Configuration

Options
Field
Description
Name
Name
assi

gned

to

t

he

device.
Model
Drop-down
list

of

available

device

types.

From

the

Model

drop-down

list,

choose

vCenter.
Primary
IP
VMware
vCenter

Server

IP

address.
HTTPS
Port
Port
that

the

VMware

vCenter

Server

uses

to

communicate

with

ANM

using

HTTPS.
User
Name
VMware
vCenter

Server

username

that

has

the

administrator

role

or

an

equivalent

role

t

hat

has
privilege
on

“Extension,”

“Global->Manage

custom

attribute,”

and

“Global->Set

custom

attribute.”
Password
Password
that

corresponds

to

the

VMware

vCenter

Server

username.