QUESTION:
I did not perform the initial setup of our ACI Fabric. Is there a way to determine what the FABRIC NAME that was configured in the initial APIC bring up? GUI, API, CLI, ....?
ANSWER:
The following technote is written against Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Version: 1.0(2j). The following information may not apply to earlier or later versions of Application Policy Infrastructure Controller firmware versions.
Using the GUI:
- Access the APIC Admin GUI
- Select SYSTEM-> CONTROLLERS
- Click "+" to expand Controllers information
- Click "+" on an APIC (ie. apic1) to expand APIC information
- Select "Cluster"
- The Cluster Work Panel will display the "FABRIC NAME"
Using the CLI:
Command: acidiag avread
- SSH to an APIC Controller as the "admin" user
- Issue the command "acidiag avread"
- Search the display output for the parameter "with FABRIC_DOMAIN name="
For example:
admin@fab2-apic1:~> acidiag avread
Local appliance ID=1 ADDRESS=10.0.0.1 TEP ADDRESS=10.0.0.0/16 CHASSIS_ID=def71f54-1d44-11e4-a03d-c5fc3df7595d
Cluster of 1 lm(t):1(zeroTime) appliances (out of targeted 3 lm(t):1(2014-11-12T08:05:33.378-04:00)) with FABRIC_DOMAIN name=rtp_fabric2 set to version=1.0(1h) lm(t):1(2014-09-22T07:01:09.054-04:00)
appliance id=1 last mutated at 1969-12-31T20:00:00.001-04:00 address=10.0.0.1 tep address=10.0.0.0/16 oob address=10.122.254.141/24 version=1.0(2j) lm(t):1(2014-11-12T08:05:30.032-04:00) chassisId=def71f54-1d44-11e4-a03d-c5fc3df7595d lm(t):1(2014-11-12T12:07:26.190-04:00) capabilities=0XFFFFFFF lm(t):1(zeroTime) rK=(stable,absent,0) lm(t):0(2014-11-12T08:05:30.036-04:00) aK=(stable,absent,0) lm(t):0(2014-11-12T08:05:30.036-04:00) commissioned=1 registered=1 active=yes(1969-12-31T20:00:00.001-04:00) health=(applnc:255 lm(t):1(2014-11-12T08:05:50.264-04:00) svc's)
clusterTime=<diff=-14519764 common=2014-11-20T06:27:27.841-04:00 local=2014-11-20T10:29:27.605-04:00 pF=<displForm=0 offsSt=0 offsVlu=-14400 lm(t):1(2014-11-18T20:58:06.926-04:00)>>
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Command: moquery -c infraCont | egrep -e "^dn|^fbDmNm"| cat -vet
For example:
admin@fab2-apic1:~> moquery -c infraCont | egrep -e "^dn|^fbDmNm"| cat -vet
dn : topology/pod-1/node-1/av$
fbDmNm : rtp_fabric2$
Using the Visore:
- Access Visore, http://apic_ip_address/visore.html
- Use "topology/pod-1/node-1/av" for the "Class or DN:" filter
FILTER
Class or DN:
topology/pod-1/node-1/av
Using the API:
In the following example, I use POSTMAN application to make API calls to the ACI Fabric.
- Use a REST API client (like POSTMAN), and the following URL to perform a "GET" request to obtain the FABRIC NAME.
http://apic_ip_address/api/node/mo/topology/pod-1/node-1.json?query-target=children&target-subtree-class=infraCont
https://apic_ip_address/api/node/mo/topology/pod-1/node-1.json?query-target=children&target-subtree-class=infraCont
