ACI NED User Guide

[branblac@cisco.com]

Is there a guide to properly using the apic-dc NED?

I am hitting time out issues when trying to sync-from. I can connect just fine but time out for sync from. A trace does show much info:

-- NED VERSION: cisco-apicdc 3.0.18 2017-03-10 --

<< 18-Aug-2017::18:30:50.173 CONNECTED 0

>> 18-Aug-2017::18:30:50.176 IS_ALIVE 0

<< 18-Aug-2017::18:30:50.177 IS_ALIVE true

>> 18-Aug-2017::18:30:50.231 SHOW 0:

Thanks!

Brandon

[Akira Iwamoto]

apicdc NED is a generic NED, and how it works is very different from CLI NEDs.

apicdc NED is utilizing the export feature on APIC side. APIC initiates scp or sftp to somewhere to put its configuration, and NED pick it up and extract to parse it.

Did you give correct login info on ned-settings so that APIC can login to NSO server (or any server that NSO can pick up the file)?

Example configuration

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devices device apic

address   << APIC IP address >>

authgroup AUTH

device-type generic ned-id cisco-apicdc-id

ned-settings cisco-apicdc config-path << PATH where APIC put the exported data >>

ned-settings cisco-apicdc host << IP address a server that APIC export the file to. Usually this NSO server >>

ned-settings cisco-apicdc user-name cisco  << The server's login info >>

ned-settings cisco-apicdc user-password cisco << The server's login info >>

state admin-state unlocked

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[branblac@cisco.com]

Thanks Akira,

This is really helpful for understanding how it works.

I am new to APIC, and working on a PoC/Testing the functionality.

To understand properly, do we need to configure the APIC the export to the NSO at all? Or are we leveraging a path to an existing APIC export?

Also, the Ned-setting apic login is not the APIC login, but the login for a separate scrp/ftp server? and same for the host field?

Then out of curiosity, how does NSO conduct writes to the APIC?

Thank you again,

Brandon

[Hiro Takahashi · Accepted solution]

Hello Brandon,

Following post would answer your questions.

https://cisco.jiveon.com/groups/nso-field-portal/blog/2017/05/26/setting-up-apic-ned

Best regards,

Hiro