Connection Bare Metal server to an APIC Simulator

[craigdidata]

Has anyone connected a BM server or host to the bridged interfaces of an APIC-SIM-S. According to the documentation, LF101 and LF102 ports 1/1 and 1/2 are bridged to physical ports 3,4,5,6 on the appliance. I have configured everything but cannot get connectivity. The connected IP address which is detected on the EPG is always 10.193.101.x which is none of the IP addresses I use. That range is also not part of the fabric. It detects this IP address even if nothing is physically connected.

Any ideas ??

[gmonroy]

craigdidata,

    If you are expecting that traffic from one Bare metal host will be able to reach another Baremetal (or even interface to interface, switched through the simulated Leaf nodes), I do not believe that is the case. The APIC simulator is mainly for API testing. The VMM integration piece works only in that an APIC is able to send/receive updates to vCenter via the OOB mgmt. This allows for an extension of the control plane.

With that said, VMs that were using that DVS would not be able to traverse the simulated leaves for the same reason your Bare metal hosts aren't able to communicate or be learned the way you are expecting.

Please refer to this guide:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/1-x/simulator/install/b_APIC_Simulator_Installation_Guide/b_APIC_Simulator_Installation_Guide_chapter_010.html

Note	The simulator server provides no data path switching between external network devices. You must connect the external servers to the tenant management network through additional interfaces on the external servers.

Note	The simulator server provides only the capability to validate service network configuration and service function configuration. As shown in the figure, data packets do not traverse through the simulator.

-Gabriel

[craigdidata]

Thanks for the reply. I understand that and I read the same. I was just wondering why ports e1/1-2 on each leaf are bridged to external ports. "You can connect external hosts or layer 2 switches to any of the ports 3 through 8."