19-3
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
19






Using

ANM

Mobile
Information
About

ANM

Mobile
Figure
19-1
ANM
Mobile

Overview
The
components

in

Figure

19-1

are

as

follows:
1.
ANM
Mobile
app—Obtain

the

no-cost

Cisco

ANM

Mobile

app

from

the

app

store

or

market
associated
with

th

e

mo

bile

device.
2.
Mobile
device

login—Enter

ANM

IP

address,

username,

and

password

to

log

in

to

ANM

server

or
ANM
Virtual

Appliance

from

the

mobile

device.

After

a

successful

login,

ANM

associates

the
mobile
device

with

the

user

(see

the

“Displaying

a

Li

st

of

Users”

section

on

page

18-18 ).
3.
Access
ANM—Access

ANM

functionality

to

monitor

your

network

and
perform
operational

tasks.
For
more

information,

see

the

“Using

ANM

Mobile”

section

on

page

19-5 .
4.
Alarm
Notifications—ANM

sends

alarm

notifications

to

a

mobile

device
(native
app

required)
through
a

proxy

service.
For
more

information,

see

the

“Setting

Up

and

Viewing

Mobile

Device

Alarm

Notifications”

section
on
page

19-13 .
5.
Cisco
Proxy

Service—Standalone

server

(managed

by

Cisco

IT)

that

forwards

notification

messages
from
ANM

to

the

Apple

or

Google

Push

Notification

Service.

The

proxy

service,

which

is

hosted
by
Cisco

and

used

for

alarm

notifications,

manages

the

push

notification

messages

that

ANM

issues
by
forwarding

them

to

the

Apple

or

Android

Push

Notification

Services.
For
more

information,

see

the

“Configuring

ANM

with

a

Pro

xy

Ser

ver

for

ANM

Mobile

Push
Notifications”
section

on

page

18-67 .
6.
Push
notification

service—Allows

a

third-party

server,

such

as

the
ANM
server,
to

send

notification
messages
securely

to

a

mobile

device.

The

push

notification

services

provided

by

APPLE

and
Google
are

used

for

alarm

notifications

and

are

best

effort;

therefore,

the

push

notification

service
provided
by

Cisco

is

also

best-effort.