B-1
User
Guide
for
the
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
5.2
OL-26572-01
APPENDIX
B
Using
the
ANM
Plug-In
With
Virtual
Data
Centers
Date:
3/
28/12
This
appendix
describes
how
to
integrate
ANM
sever
with
VMware
vCenter
Server,
which
is
a
third-party
product
for
creating
and
managing
virtual
data
centers.
Using
VMware
vSphere
Client,
you
can
access
ANM
functionality
and
manage
the
ACE
real
servers
that
provide
load-balancing
services
for
the
virtual
machines
in
your
virtual
data
center.
Note
When
naming
ACE
objects
(such
as
a
real
server,
virtual
server,
parameter
map,
class
map,
health
probe,
and
so
on),
enter
an
alphanumeric
string
of
1
to
64
characters,
which
can
include
the
following
special
characters:
underscore
(_),
hyphen
(-),
dot
(.),
and
asterisk
(*)
.
Spaces
ar
e
not
al
lowed.
If
you
are
using
ANM
with
an
ACE
module
or
ACE
appliance
and
you
configure
a
named
object
at
the
ACE
CLI,
keep
in
mind
that
ANM
does
not
support
all
of
the
special
characters
that
the
ACE
CLI
allows
you
to
use
when
configuring
a
named
object.
If
you
use
special
characters
that
ANM
does
not
support,
you
may
not
be
able
to
import
or
manage
the
ACE
using
ANM.
This
appendix
includes
the
following
sections:
•
Information
About
Using
ANM
With
VMware
vCenter
Server,
page
B-2
•
Information
About
the
Cisco
ACE
SLB
Tab
in
vSphere
Client,
page
B-3
•
Prerequisites
for
Using
ANM
With
VMware
vSphere
Client,
page
B-4
•
Guidelines
and
Res
trictions,
page
B-5
•
Registering
or
Unregistering
the
ANM
Plug-in,
page
B-5
•
Logging
In
To
ANM
from
VMware
vSphere
Client,
page
B-7
•
Using
the
Cisco
ACE
SLB
Tab,
page
B-8
•
Managing
ACE
Real
Servers
From
vSphere
Client,
page
B-12
•
Using
the
VMware
vSphere
Plug-in
Manager,
page
B-22
