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.