Hello,
To Analyse the Server to Server EPG communication, you can use following tools
- Use Visibility & Troubleshooting to trace the packet flow and identify which device is dropping the packet.
By navigating to the Contracts submenu, the user can identify which contract is causing policy drop off between the EPGs.
In the Application Profile Topology view at Tenant > select the Application Profile name on the left > Topology , it is possible to verify which contracts are applied to the EPGs.
2. Verify the policy applied to the traffic flow being troubleshot
iBash
An interesting tool to verify the packet dropped on an ACI leaf is the iBash command line: 'show logging ip access-list internal packet-log deny':
leaf5# show logging ip access-list internal packet-log deny | grep 192.168.21.11
[2019-10-01T14:25:44.746528000+09:00]: CName: Prod1:VRF1(VXLAN: 2654209), VlanType: FD_VLAN, Vlan-Id: 114, SMac: 0xf6f26c4ec8d0, DMac:0x0022bdf819ff, SIP: 192.168.21.11, DIP: 192.168.23.11, SPort: 0, DPort: 0, Src Intf: Ethernet1/19, Proto: 1, PktLen: 126
[2019-10-01T14:25:44.288653000+09:00]: CName: Prod1:VRF1(VXLAN: 2654209), VlanType: FD_VLAN, Vlan-Id: 116, SMac: 0x3e2593f0eded, DMac:0x0022bdf819ff, SIP: 192.168.23.11, DIP: 192.168.21.11, SPort: 0, DPort: 0, Src Intf: Ethernet1/19, Proto: 1, PktLen: 126
The contract_parser tool will help to verify the actual policies applied to the VRF where the Endpoints are associated with:
leaf5# contract_parser.py --vrf Prod1:VRF1
Key:
[prio:RuleId] [vrf:{str}] action protocol src-epg [src-l4] dst-epg [dst-l4] [flags][contract:{str}] [hit=count]
[7:5159] [vrf:Prod1:VRF1] permit ip tcp tn-Prod1/ap-App1/epg-App(32771) eq 5000 tn-Prod1/ap-App1/epg-Web(32772) [contract:uni/tn-Prod1/brc-web_to_app] [hit=0]
[7:5156] [vrf:Prod1:VRF1] permit ip tcp tn-Prod1/ap-App1/epg-Web(32772) tn-Prod1/ap-App1/epg-App(32771) eq 5000 [contract:uni/tn-Prod1/brc-web_to_app] [hit=0]
[16:5152] [vrf:Prod1:VRF1] permit any epg:any tn-Prod1/bd-Web(49154) [contract:implicit] [hit=0]
[16:5154] [vrf:Prod1:VRF1] permit arp epg:any epg:any [contract:implicit] [hit=0]
[21:5155] [vrf:Prod1:VRF1] deny,log any epg:any epg:any [contract:implicit] [hit=38,+10]
[22:5153] [vrf:Prod1:VRF1] deny,log any epg:any pfx-0.0.0.0/0(15) [contract:implicit] [hit=0]
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Thanks and regards,
Tarakesh Jetti - Customer Success Specialist -CX
