Cisco Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2 Installation Guide
To register third-party VMs in Prime Network Services Controller, you must install the Prime Network Services Controller Device
Adapter and then deploy and register the third-party VMs.
Adapter and then deploy and register the third-party VMs.
The following table identifies the tasks and related topics for deploying a Citrix NetScaler load balancer on VMware and registering
the load balancer with Prime Network Services Controller:
the load balancer with Prime Network Services Controller:
Comments
Task
See
Adapter on VMware, on page 18
.
1. Install Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter.
See
page 32
.
2. (Optional) Configure licensing for the Citrix NetScaler load
balancer.
balancer.
Deploy the Citrix NetScaler load balancer VM in VMware.
For more information, see the following URLs:
For more information, see the following URLs:
• Citrix product documentation at
.
• Citrix licensing information at
3. Deploy a Citrix NetScaler load balancer.
See
Network Services Controller, on page 20
.
4. Register the Citrix NetScaler load balancer with Prime
Network Services Controller.
Network Services Controller.
Deploying the Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter on VMware
The Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter enables third-party VMs (such as Citrix NetScaler load balancers) to register
with Prime Network Services Controller.
The Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter enables third-party VMs (such as Citrix NetScaler load balancers) to register
with Prime Network Services Controller.
This procedure installs the Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter on a VMware host using an OVA image. For information
on how to deploy a VM using an ISO image, see the VMware documentation.
on how to deploy a VM using an ISO image, see the VMware documentation.
The following guidelines apply when deploying the Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter:
• Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter is required and must be installed before you can deploy and register
third-party service nodes, such as Citrix NetScaler load balancers.
• Adding or editing policies from the Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter is not supported. All configuration must
be performed using the Prime Network Services Controller GUI.
• You need to install the Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter only once for each Prime Network Services Controller
instance.
• If you reinitialize Prime Network Services Controller, you must also reinitialize Prime Network Services Controller Device
Adapter.
Before You Begin
Confirm that a network path exists between the Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter IP address and the Prime Network
Services Controller management IP address.
Services Controller management IP address.
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