B-2
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Appendix
B






Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers
Information
About

Using

ANM

With

VMware

vCenter

Server
Information
About

Using

ANM

With

VMware

vCenter

Server
This
section

describes

how

you

can

i

ntegrate

ANM

server

into

a

VMware

vi

rtual

data

center
environment.
This

feature

enables

you

to

access

ANM

functionality

from

within

the

VMware
environment
to

provision

the

application

delivery

services

that

the

ACE

real

servers

provide.
ANM
version

3.1and

later

includes

the

ANM

plug-in

for

vCenter

Server

that

enables

the

integration

of
ANM
with

the

VMware

environment

as

shown

in

Figure

B-1 .


Figure
B-1
ANM
Integrated

With

VMware

vCenter

Server

and

vSphere

Client
From
the

ANM

GUI,

you

register

the

ANM

plug-in

by

specifying

a

VMware

vCenter

Server

and

ANM
server
attributes

that

enables

ANM

to

communicate

with

VMware

vCenter

Server

and

vSphere

Client
using
HTTPS

and

default

port

443.

When

the

plug-in

is

registered,

the

VMware

vSphere

Client

GUI
displays
the

Ci

sco

ACE

SLB

tab

when

you

sel

ect

a

vi

rtual

machine

(VM)

fr

om

t

he

client

GUI.
You
click

on

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab

to

log

into

ANM

from

the

VMware

vSphere

Client

and

perform
the
following

tasks:

•
Define
a

virtual

machine

(VM)

as
a
real

server

on

ANM

and

associate

it
with
an

existing

ACE

virtual
context
and

ser

ver

farm.

•
Monitor
application

traffic

flow

for
virtual
machines

through
the
ACE.

•
Activate
and
suspend
application

traffic

flows

through

the

ACE

for
the
associated
real
servers.

•
Add
or
delete
real

servers

from

the

list

of

servers

associated

with

a

VM.
VM
VM
VM
VMware
vCenter
VMware
vSphere
Client
Cisco
Application
Control
Engine
(ACE)
Client
Client
Client
Network
Infrastructure
Cisco
ANM
Dedicated
Ser

ver
or
Vir

tual

Appliance
VMware
ESX
(i)

Host
VM
VM
VM
VMware
ESX
(i)

Host