topic Re: Trigger a device update? in Controllers

Trigger a device update?

thjonson — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:27:20 GMT

Is there any way to trigger a device update? For instance, I've added a SVI interface and I would like APIC-EM to re-import the config to know about this new interface. I'm staring at the Devices page watching the Last Update Time tick up, but would like to tell it to just go ahead and try an update.

Re: Trigger a device update?

yawming — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:13:23 GMT

I think APIC-EM will poll the device every 30 minutes.

Re: Trigger a device update?

thjonson — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:18:40 GMT

30 minutes does sound about right, but I was hoping there was a way to speed that up in certain situations. I tried re-discovering the device but that didn't seem to work. It would be great if there was a "Update" button when you check thee box next to the device. Maybe there is another way to do it?

Re: Trigger a device update?

yawming — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:26:42 GMT

I'm wrong, according to configuration guide:

Average Update Frequency - Average number of minutes between updates to the device. By default, devices are polled every 25minutes.

I think if you use /network-device API maybe you can pull the real time information. You can do a quick try from Swagger.

Re: Trigger a device update?

aradford — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:30:08 GMT

API just use the DB information. There will be changes in future to look at SNMP traps. We do this for host information today.