B-8
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
Using
the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab

•
When
logging

into
ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Client

and

you

have

ANM

configured

to

use

remote
authentication,
such

as

RADIUS,

TACACS+,

or

LDAPS/AD,

use

the

credentials

assigned

to

you

for
the
specific

remote

authentication

method.
Procedure
Step
1
From
VMware

vSphere
Client,
do

on

e

of

t

he
following:

•
To
access
ANM

within

t

he
VMware
vSphere

Cl

ient
window,
choose

a

VM

fr

om

t

he
VM
tree
and
click
the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

ta

b.



•
To
access

ANM

in

a

new

browser

window,

right-click

on
a
VM

in
the
VM

tree

to

open

the

submenu
and
choose

Cisco

ACE

Activate/Suspend.
The
Security

Alert

popup

window

appears.

This

popup

appears

because

ANM

uses

a

Cisco

self-signed
certificate.
Step
2
From
the

Security

Alert

popup

window,

click
Ye
s


to

proceed.
The
popup

window

closes

and

the

ANM

login

window

appears.

By

default,

the

name

of

the

user
currently
l

ogged

into

VMware

vSphere

Cl

ient

di

splays

in

the

User

Name

field.
Step
3
Enter
your
username

(i

f

i

t
is
not
already

di

splayed)

and

password.
Step
4
Click
Login.
The
Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

window

appears

in

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab.

For

information
about
what

displays

in

this

window,

see

the

“Using

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab”

section

on

page

B-8 .

For
information
about

how

to

use

t

his

window

to

manage

the

real

servers,

see

the

“Managing

ACE

Real
Servers
From

vSphere

Client”

section

on

page

B-12 .
Step
5
(Optional)
To

log

out


of

ANM,

click
Logout.
The
session

cl

oses

and

the

ANM

login

window

appears

i

n

the

Ci

sco

ACE

SLB

tab.
Using
the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab
This
section

describes

the

Cisco

device

information

and

management

functionality

that

is

available

when
you
click

the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab.
Note
The
ACE

real

server
information
displays
only
after

you
log
into
ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Client
(see
the

“Logging

In

To

ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Cl

ient”

section

on

pa

ge

B-7 ).
The
Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab

contains

the

ACE

Reals

(real

servers)

table.

Ta

b

l

e


B-4

describes

the

real

server
information
available

in

the

table.