B-22
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Appendix
B






Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers
Using
the

VMware

vSphere

Plug-in

Manager
Using
the

VMware

vSphere

Plug-in

Manager
You
can

use

the

VMware

vSphere

Client

Plug-in

Manager

to

verify

that

the

ANM

plug-in

(Cisco

ACE)
is
registered,

view

error

messages,

and

enable

or

disable

the

plug-in.
Procedure
Step
1
From
the

VMware

vSphere

Client

main

menu,

choose
Plug-ins
>

Manage

Plug-ins.
The
Plug-in

Manager

window

appears.

Ta

b

l

e


B-8

describes

the

Cisco

plug-in

information

that

displays
in
the

Plug-in

Manager

window.
Step
2
(Optional)
To
enable
or
disable

the

plug-in,

from

the

list

of

plug-ins,

right-click

on

the

Cisco

ACE
plug-in
and

do

one

of

the

following:

•
Choose
Enable.
The

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab

appears

in

the

VMware

vSphere

Client

content

area.

This
is
the

default

setting.

•
Choose
Disable.
The

Cisco

ACE

SLB

tab

is

removed

from

the
VMware
vSphere

Client
content
area.
Related
Topics
Registering
or

Unregistering

the

ANM

Plug-in,

page

B-5
Ta
b

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B-8
VMware
vSphere

Client

Plug-in

Manager
Item
Description
Plug-in
Name
Name
of

t

he

Ci

sco

pl

ug-in,

which

is

Ci

sco

ACE.
Vendor
This
field

is

bl

ank.

The

vendor

name,

Ci

sco,

i

s

included

i

n

the

pl

ug-in

name.
Ve
r

s

i

o

n
Plug-in
version

number.
Status
Plug-in
operating

status:

Enabled

or

Disabled.
Description
Plug-in
description,

which

is

Cisco

ACE.
Progress
N/A
Errors
Errors
related

to

the

Cisco

ACE

plug-in,

such

as

when

the

VMware

vSphere

Client

cannot

find

the
ANM
server

because

it

cannot

resolve

the

server

name.