B-6
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
Registering
or

Unregistering

the

ANM

Plug-in
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
When
regi

stering

the

ANM

pl

ug-in,

you

specify

the

VMware

vCenter

Server

and

ANM

server.

If

yo

u
specify
the

servers

using

server

names

rather

than

IP

addresses,

the

names

must

be

in

DNS

and

must

be
consistent
throughout

the

network.

If

the

server

names

reside

only

in

local

/etc/host

files,

then

use

IP
addresses
in

place

of

the

server

names;

otherwise,

the

ANM

server

and

vCenter

Server

may

not

be

able
to
communicate

and

errors

may

occur,

including

the

inability

to

enable

the

plug-in

or

the

inability

for
real
server

mapping

(empty

tables).
Procedure
Step
1
From
ANM,

choose
Admin
>

ANM

Management

>

Virtual
Center
Plugin

Registration.
The
VMware

Virtual

Center

PlugIn

Registration

window

appears.
Step
2
Register
or
unregister

the

ANM

plug-in

using

the

information

in
Ta
b

l

e
B-2
.
Ta
b

l

e


B-2
Virtual
Center

Plugin

Registration
Field
Description
Virtual
Center

Server
IP
address

of

the

VMware

vCenter

Server.
Note
Do
not
use
a

DNS

name

to

specify

the

vCenter

Ser

ver.
Port
Port
number

of

the

VMware

vCenter

Server.
Virtual
Center

Server

Username
VMware
vCenter

Server

username

that

has

the

administrator

role

or

an

equivalent

role

that
has
privilege

on

“Extension.”
Virtual
Center

Server

Password
Password
that

corresponds

to

the

VMware

vCenter

Server

username.
ANM
Server
DNS
name

or

IP

address

of

the

ANM

server

that

will

be

used

by

VMware

vSphere

Client.
By
default,

ANM

populates

this

field

with

the

virtual

IP

address

or

hostname

or

all

of

the
available
IP

addresses.

If

you

enter

a

DNS

name,

make

sure

that

the

name

can

be

resolved
on
the

VMware

vSphere

Client

side

of

the

network.
Note
For
ANM

servers

operating

in

an

HA

configuration,
choose
the

shared

alias

IP
address
or

VIP

address

for

the

HA

pair

so

that

the

plug-in

can

still

be

used

after
an
HA

failover

occurs.
Status
Current
status

of

the

regi

stration

or

unr

egistration

operation.
Possible
status

states

ar

e

as

follows:

•
Blank
(no

status

displayed)—The

registration

operation

has

not

been

invoked.

•
Success
in

registration—ANM

has

successfully

completed

the

registration

operation.

•
Failure—ANM
is

unable

to

complete

the

registration

operation

and

displays

an
error
message
that

indicates

the

problem

encountered

(see

Ta

b

l

e


B-3 ).

•
Registering—ANM
is

i

n
the
process

of

regi

stering

the

ANM

pl

ug-in.

This
state
displays
when

you

click

the

Registration

button

a

second

time

before

the

process

is
complete.

•
Success
in

unregistration—ANM

has

successfully

completed

the

unregistration
operation.