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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Managing
Devices
display
the

features

and

functions

associated

with

this

release.

If

you

do

not

instruct

ANM

to

recognize
an
ACE

module

software

upgrade,

the

ACE

module

import

will

occur

without

issue

but

the

new

features
and
functions

associated

a

specific

ACE

module

software

release

will

not

appear

in

the

ANM

GUI.
Procedure
Step
1
After
you

upgrade

an

ACE

module

software

image,
perform

a

CLI

sync

on

the

module’s

host

device

(see
the
“Synchronizing

Chassis

Configurations”

section

on

page

5-67 ).
Step
2
After
you
complete
the

CLI
sync,
whenever

ANM

detects
an
upgrade

on
an

imported

ACE

module,
ANM
issues

a

warning

to

instruct

you

to

perform

a

CLI

sync

on

the

ACE

module

to

recognize

the
upgrade.
Per

form

t

he

procedure

described

in

t

he

“Synchronizing

Module

Configurations”

section

on
page
5-67 .
The
ACE

software

upgrade

sequence

i

s

completed.
Configuring
User-Defined

Groups
You
can

create

logical

groupings

of

virtual

contexts

or

chassis

for

ease

of

management.

These

logical
groups
are

known

as

user-defined

groups

and

appear

in

the

device

tree

(Config

>

Devices)

in

the

folder
named
Groups

for

quick

access.
Users
can

create

their

own

groups,

add

and

remove

members,

and

assign

group

names

that

suit

their
environment
and

are

meaningful

to

them.
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
Adding
a

User-Defined
Group,
page
5-72

•
Modifying
a

User-Defined

Group,

page
5-73

•
Duplicating
a

User-Defined

Group,

page
5-74

•
Deleting
a

User-Defined

Group,

page
5-75
Note
Device
groups

continue
to
display

device

information

even

after

you

remove
that
device
from

ANM,
which
allows

the

device

group

information

to

be

easily

reassociated

if

you

reimport

the

device.

The
device
name

must

remain

the

same.
Adding
a

User-Defined

Group
You
can

add

a

user-defined

gr

oup.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

All

Devices.
The
device

tr

ee

ap

pears.
Step
2
In
the

device

tree,

choose
Groups.
The
Groups

table

appears.
Step
3
Click
Add
to

add

a

new

group,

or

ch

oose

an

existing
group,
and

cl

ick
Edit
to

modify

it.