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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
Note
To
change
the

credentials

of

an

ACE

module,

see

the
“Changing
ACE

Module

Passwords”

section

on
page
5-77 .
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
This
topic

includes

the

following

guidelines

and

restrictions:

•
You
can

change

a

device
username,
password,

or
both.

•
We
recommend

changing

the

device

credentials

on

the

device

before

changing
the
credentials
on
ANM.
Caution
To
maintain

communication
between
ANM

and

the

device,

it
is
important

that
whatever
device
credential

change

you

make

on

the

device,

you

make

the

same

change

on

ANM.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Devices

>

All

Devices.
The
All

Devices

table

appears.
Step
2
In
the
All
Devices
table,

choose

the

device

with

t

he
passwords
t

hat

you

want

to
update
in
ANM,
and
click
Update

Credentials.
The
Update

Credentials

popup

window

appears.
Step
3
From
the

popup
window,
update
the

device

credential

using

the

information

in
Ta
b

l

e
5-25
.
Note
All
credential
fields

are

mandatory,

so

even

if
you
are

updating

the

device
password
only,

you
must
enter

the

current

device

username.
Step
4
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
OK
to

save

your

changes

to

ANM.

Do

the

following:
a.
If

you

have

not

already

made

a

similar

change

to

the

device

credentials

on

the

device,

use

the
device
CLI

to

make

th

e

changes

now.
b.

Perform

a

CLI

synchronization

to

test

communications

between

ANM

and

the

device

with
the
new

credentials

(see

the

“Synchronizing

Device

Configurations”

section

on

page

5-66 ).
Ta
b

l

e


5-25
Update
Device

Credentials
Field
Description
Username
Existing
or

new

device

username.
New
Password
Existing
or

new

device

password.
Confirm
New

Password
Confirmation
of

the

device

password.
New
Enable

Password
1
1.
GSS
and

Catalyst

6500

series

switch

only.
Existing
or

new

device

enable

password.
Confirm
Enable

Password
1
Confirmation
of

the

device

enable

password.