Sending a management request using the CLI for a connection that supports shifting appliance IP addresses

Follow these steps to request a management connection that supports appliance IP address changes and automatic reconnections to the Central Management System appliance.

This feature uses CMC rendezvous functionality to set up the client record in the CMC.

The Central Management Console (CMC) provides basic management and control capabilities for the rendezvous server (Central Management System appliance) and its clients (managed appliances).

Note
The rendezvous process requires configuration on both the Central Management System appliance and the requesting appliance. You use the cmc rendezvous server commands on the Central Management System appliance and cmc rendezvous client commands on the managed appliance.

Prerequisites

The Central Management System appliance has been enabled to support this feature. See "Preparing to Accept Requests for Management Connections that Support Shifting Appliance IP Addresses Using the CLI" in the Central Management System Administration Guide.

To request a management connection that supports shifting appliance IP addresses:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Specify the IP address of the Central Management System appliance you want to rendezvous with:
```
hostname (config) # cmc rendezvous client server-addr 10.13.65.66
```
Specify client-initiated rendezvous attempts with the Central Management System appliance:
```
hostname (config) # cmc rendezvous client enable-client-init
```
Enable automatic rendezvous attempts with the Central Management System appliance:
```
hostname (config) # cmc rendezvous client auto
```
Note
After automatic rendezvous is enabled, when the requesting managed appliance is behind a NAT gateway, the local IP address of the appliance will be included in the request instead of the mapped address.
(Optional) If the managed Network Security appliance is behind a NAT gateway, prevent the appliance from communicating its private IP address to the Central Management System appliance.
```
hostname (config) # no cmc rendezvous client send-client-address
```
Note
To restore the default behavior so that the appliance includes its local IP address in rendezvous attempts with the Central Management System appliance, use the cmc rendezvous client send-client-address command.

Display the CMC rendezvous configuration and state.

hostname (config) # show cmc rendezvous
CMC rendezvous service name: cmc

CMC client:
   Server address: 10.13.65.66Automatic rendezvous: yes
   Initial retry delay (after boot or disconnect): 30 seconds
   Short retry interval (after unsuccessful announcement): 300 seconds
   Long retry interval (after successful announcement): 86400 seconds

   Include client address in rendezvous:yesUse client initiated connection's config for rendezvous: yes
   Under CMC management: yes

   How to authenticate to server for rendezvous:
   Authentication type: password
   Password for password auth: ********

Specify the IP address of the Central Management System appliance you want to manage the appliance:
```
hostname (config) # cmc client server address 10.13.65.66
```

Specify password-based authentication to the Central Management System appliance:

hostname (config) # cmc client server auth authtype password
hostname (config) # cmc client server auth password username my_CMname
hostname (config) # cmc client server auth password password ########

Display the CMC client configuration and state.
```
hostname (config) # show cmc client
```
Save your changes.
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```