B-4
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Appendix
B






Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers
Prerequisites
for

Using

ANM

With

VMware

vSphere

Client
Prerequisites
for

Using

ANM

With

VMware

vSphere

Client
The
prerequisites

for

integrating

ANM

with

VMware

vCenter

Server

and

vSphere

Client

are

as

follows:

•
You
must


use

ANM

version
3.1
or

l

ater

with
VMware
vSphere

4

or

vSphere

5.

•
You
must


regi

ster

the
ANM
plug-in

fr

om

within
ANM
to

enable

communication
between

t

he

t

wo
applications
(see

the

“Registering

or

Unregistering

t

he

ANM

Pl

ug-in”

section

on

page

B-5 ).

•
If
you

ar

e

running

VMware

vSphere

Cl

ient

on

a


Windows

Server

2003

or

2008

operating

system,
make
sure

that

the

following

Internet

security

options

(Internet

options

>

Security

setting)

are
enabled:

–

Allow

META

REFRESH

–

Allow

scr

ipting

of

In

ternet

Explorer

web

browser

control
These
options

are

not

enabled

by

default.

If

they

are

disabled,

the

ANM

plug-in

will

not

allow

you
to
log

in

to

ANM

for

security

reasons

or

you

may

encounter

refresh

problems

with

the

Cisco

ACE
SLB
tab.
Note
We
recommend

that
you
have
VMware
Tools

i

nstalled

on

t

he

guest

OS

of


each

VM

t

o
allow

ANM

to
match
a

real

server

with

a

VM

based

on

the

IP

address

rather

than

a

server

name

(see

the

“Mapping

Real
Servers
to

VMware

Virtual

Machines”

section

on

page

5-68 ).
Ta
b

l

e


B-1
Cisco
ACE

SLB

Tab

Components
Item
Description
1
Content
area

that

displays

the

ACE

real

servers

associated

with

the

VM

that

you

select

from

the

VM

tree

located
on
the

left

(see

the

“Using

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab”

section

on

page

B-8 ).
2
Upper
set

of

function

buttons

that

enable

you

to

add

or

delete

real

servers

from

the

content

area

and

manage

the
displayed
information

(see

the

“Using

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab”

section

on

page

B-8 ).
3
Cisco
ACE

SLB

tab

that

you

click

to

display

and

manage

the

ACE

real

servers

for

the

selected

VM.
4
Session
information

that

provides

the

following

information

and

functions:

•
Current
user

logged

into

ANM.

•
Logout
l

ink

that

you

click

on

t

o

cl

ose

the

session.

•
Help
link

that

you
click
on

to

open

the

ANM

online

help

for

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab.

•
ANM
server

time

stamp

of

when

the

information

displayed

in

the

tab

was

last

updated.
5
Recent
Tasks

area

that

displays

VMware

tasks.
6
Lower
set

of


function

buttons

that

you

use

to

update

the

i

nformation

di

splayed,

activate

or

susp

end

a

real

sever,
change
the

weight

assigned

to

a

real

server,

view

real

server

connection

information

in

graph

form,

view

the
topology
map

associated

with

a

real

server.
For
more

information

about

these

function

buttons,

see

the

following

sections:

•
“Using
the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab”

section

on

page
B-8

•
“Managing
ACE

Real

Servers

From

vSphere

Cl

ient”

section

on

pa

ge
B-12
).