ACI simulator VM - no leaf/spine nodes

[Johannes Luther]

Hi,

I installed the ACI simulator OVA in VMware (version 4.2(5k)).

I went through the setup wizard and I'm able to connect to the configured OOB address of the APIC.

However, I don't see any leaf / spine switches pendig registration.

According the data sheet (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/application-centric-infrastructure-simulator/datasheet-c78-733252.html), there should be two leaf and one simulated spine switch. Did I miss anything here?

[Robert Burns · Accepted solution]

Did you keep the setup wizard defaults with the exception of the management IP?

Robert

[RedNectar · Accepted solution]

Did you stick with the default 10.0.0.0/16 for the Infra IP address range?

I have discovered through painful trail and error that if you do not use 10.0.0.0/16 , no switches will appear for registraion, or the first switch will register then get lost.

I hope this helps.

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[Johannes Luther]

Thank you for the hints. So I got it working and kept the following defaults during the Wizard:

- Fabric Name

- Fabric ID

- Number of controllers

- TEP pool

- BUM pool

I changed: APIC name, the Infra VLAN, strong Pwd and OOB IP ...
This works...

[Robert Burns]

I wouldn't even change the Infra VLAN.  Really just need Management IP Access that's unique for the Sim.

Robert

[RedNectar]

Like @Robert Burns - I'd leave the infra VLAN at 4 - in early versions of the Simulator this was DEFINATELY necessary, and even now ACI seems to have a particular love of VLAN 4 (think IPN/ISN)