B-5
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
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
Follow
these

guidelines

and

restrictions

when

integrating

ANM

with

VMware

vCenter

Server

and
vSphere
Cl

ient:


There
are

no

shared

logins

or

trust
established
between

ANM

and

vCenter

Server

when

you

open

a
session
between

the

two

servers.


You
can

configure

bot

h

ANM

and

vCenter
Server
t

o

use

Active
Directory
for

aut

hentication.


From
ANM,

you

must

register

the

ANM

plug-in

bef

ore

you

can
see
the
Cisco

ACE

SLB

t

ab
from
VMware
vSphere

Cl

ient

(see

t

he

“Registering

or

Unregistering

the

ANM

Plug-in”

section

on
page
B-5 ).

When

you

register

the

pl

ug-in,

t

he

VMware

vSphere

Cl

ient

display

refreshes

and
displays
the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab.


ANM
supports

one

registered

ANM

plug-in

instance
only,
which
means

that

you

c

an
register
only
one
plug-in

at

any

given

time.
For
example,

if

you

register

the

plug-in

from

ANM

Server

A

and

then

register

the

plug-in

from

ANM
Server
B,

the

following

actions

occur:


The

ANM

Ser

ver

A

pl

ug-in

is

unr

egistered.


Any

VMware

vSphere

Client

that

was

running

when

the

ANM

Server

B

plug-in

was

registered
will
continue

to

display

ANM

Server

A’s

information

in

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab.

You

must
restart
VMware

vSphere

Client

to

access

and

display

ANM

Server

B’s

information.


If
you

are

going

to
uninstall
ANM

from

the

ANM

server,

make

sure
that
you
unregister

the
ANM
plug-in
before

you

uninstall

ANM.

If


you

do

not


unr

egister

the

pl

ug-in

before

t

he

uninstall,

from
VMware
vSphere

Client,

the

plug-in

will

display

as

registered

but

will

fail

to

load.
For
information

about

unregistering

the

ANM

plug-in,

see

the

“Registering

or


Unregistering

the
ANM
Plug-in”

section

on

pa

ge

B-5 .

For

information

about

uninstalling

ANM,

see

one

of

the
following
guides

depending

on

your

ANM

application:


Installation

Guide

for

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2


Installation

Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2

Virtual

Appliance
Registering
or

Unregistering

the

ANM

Plug-in
Note
This
feature

requires

the

admin

role

for

ANM.
This
section

describes

how

to

register

the

ANM

plug-in

from

ANM,

which

allows

you

to

access

ANM
ACE
real

server

functionality

from

VMware

vSphere

Client.

Registering

the

plug-in

provides

the

client
with
a

URL

to

access

ANM

and

retrieve

the

required

XML

definition

file.

ANM

uses

HTTPS

for
communication
with

VMware

vCenter

Server.
You
can

al

so

unregister

t

he

ANM

plug-in

fr

om

ANM.
Note
Unregistering
t

he

ANM

pl

ug-in

does

not

prevent

access

to

t

he

ANM

server

or

re

move

the

Ci

sco

ACE
SLB
tab

from

any

VMware

vSphere

Client

display

that

was

running

when

you

unregistered

the

plug-in.
You
must

restart

the

client

to

remove

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab

from

the

display.

A

VMware

vSphere
Client
restart

is

also

required

when

you

unregister

a

ANM

plug-in

from

one

ANM

server

and

register
another
pl

ug-in

from

a

sec

ond

ANM

server.