Adding an appliance using the Central Management System CLI

Use the commands in this section to add an appliance to the Central Management System appliance.

Note

The procedure in this section includes the basic steps for adding an appliance. Additional options are available. See Configuring Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication in the Appendix for information about public key and host authentication. See the CLI Command Reference for a full list of the cmc... commands and details about their parameters and usage.

To add an appliance:

Enable the CLI configuration mode:

cm-hostname > enable
cm-hostname # configure terminal

Specify the appliance IP address:
```
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <applianceID> address <IPaddress>
```
where applianceID is the appliance record name and IPaddress is its IP address.
Important
Specify the IP address, not the hostname. Otherwise, if the hostname changes later, the connection will be broken and the appliance will need to be added again.
(Optional) Specify the appliance port:
```
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <applianceID> port <port>
```
The port defaults to 22 if it is not specified.

Configure authentication for the remote user (an existing user on the appliance you are adding):

cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <applianceID> authtype <authtype>
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <applianceID> auth <authtype> username <username>
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <applianceID> auth <authtype> password <password> | identity <identity>

where authtype can be password, ssh-dsa2, or ssh-rsa2. (See Configuring User Authentication Using the CLI for details.)

(Optional) Add a comment describing the appliance:

cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <applianceID> comment <comment>

(Required for compliance mode; optional for non-compliance mode) Configure the appliance host key (beginning with the appliance IP address). For details, see Importing a Host Key into the Global Host-Keys Database Using the CLI .
Save your changes:
```
cm-hostname (config) # write memory
```

Example

cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance Acme-NX address 172.00.00.00
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance Acme-NX authtype password
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance Acme-NX password username admin3
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance Acme-NX password password 12345abcde
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance Acme-NX comment New York NX Series

Adding an appliance using the Central Management System CLI

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