This guide is intended primarily for data center administrators with
responsibilities and expertise in one or more of the following:
Server administration
Storage administration
Network administration
Network security
Organization
This document includes the following chapters:
Chapter
Title
Description
Chapter 1
Overview
Contains an overview of the Cisco VNMC.
Chapter 2
VNMC GUI Overview
Contains an overview of the Cisco VNMC GUI.
Chapter 3
Configuring Primary Authentication
Describes how to configure LDAP providers and selecting a primary authentication service.
Chapter 4
Configuring Role-Based Access Control
Describes how to configure role-based access control including user locales, user roles, locally authenticated user accounts and monitoring user sessions.
Chapter 5
Configuring Trusted Points
Describes how to configure trusted points.
Chapter 6
Configuring
VNMC Profiles
Describes how to configure policies in the VNMC profile and a default profile.
Chapter 7
Configuring VM Managers
Describes how to configure VM Managers.
Chapter 8
Configuring Tenants
Describes how to configure tenants, data centers, applications, and tiers.
Chapter 9
Configuring Security Policies
Describes how to configure firewall policies, security profiles, and security profile dictionary.
Chapter 10
Configuring Device Policies
Describes how to configure device policies and device profiles.
Chapter 11
Configuring Managed Resources
Describes how to configure managed resources including compute firewall and pool.
Chapter 12
Configuring Backups
Describes how to configure backup operations, import operations, and import operations.
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
Convention
Indication
bold font
Commands, keywords, GUI elements, and user-entered text appear
in
bold font.
italic font
Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for
which you supply values are in
italic font.
[ ]
Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z}
Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and
separated by vertical bars.
[x | y | z]
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and
separated by vertical bars.
string
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks
around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
courier font
Terminal sessions and information that the system displays appear
in
courier font.
< >
Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle
brackets.
[ ]
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #
An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning
of a line of code indicates a comment line.
Note
Means
reader take note.
Tip
Means
the following information will help you solve a problem.
Caution
Means
reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an
action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.
Timesaver
Means
the described action saves time. You can save time by
performing the action described in the paragraph.
Warning
Means
reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an
action that could result in bodily injury.
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