Network - Cisco ACI Opspack

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is Cisco’s software-defined networking (SDN) offering, it allows application requirements to define the network. This architecture simplifies, optimizes, and accelerates the entire application deployment life cycle.

What You Can Monitor Copied

This Opspack will provide a selection of Host Templates, ranging from the top level Fabric Host Template to more lower level monitoring via Host Templates for Pods and Nodes, as well as a Custom Query Host Template, allowing you to monitor all aspects of your Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure.

Host Templates Copied

The following Host Templates are currently provided by this Opspack. Click the name of each Host Template to be taken to the relevant information page, including a full Service Check description and usage instructions.

Host Template Description
Network - Cisco ACI - APIC Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI APIC Node
Network - Cisco ACI - APIC Cluster Monitor the status of your Cisco ACI APIC Cluster
Network - Cisco ACI - Application Profile Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Application Profile
Network - Cisco ACI - Bridge Domain Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Bridge Domain
Network - Cisco ACI - Custom Monitor a custom attribute from the Cisco ACI Object Store
Network - Cisco ACI - Endpoint Group Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Endpoint Group
Network - Cisco ACI - Fabric Monitor the status of your Cisco ACI Fabric
Network - Cisco ACI - Leaf Node Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Leaf Node
Network - Cisco ACI - Pod Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Pod
Network - Cisco ACI - Spine Node Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Spine Node
Network - Cisco ACI - Tenant Monitor the status of a specific Cisco ACI Tenant

Prerequisites Copied

Cisco APIC 4.1 or 3.1, alternative versions may be compatible (fault metrics may not be supported on versions < 4.1).

Setup Cisco ACI for Monitoring Copied

Pods, Spine Nodes, Leaf Nodes and APIC Nodes Copied

To retrieve the IDs of the objects you wish to monitor, log in to the Cisco ACI dashboard. The Pod ID and APIC ID are highlighted below. To retrieve the Node ID, right click the column of the node you want to monitor and select ‘Open in Object Store Browser’.

Copy the ID of the object you wish to monitor to the relevant host variable, as defined within each host template.

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Tenants, Application Profiles, Endpoint Groups, Bridge Domains Copied

To retrieve the name of the Tenant you wish to monitor, navigate to the system dashboard and copy the Tenant name from the table to the relevant host variable.

View Output

To retrieve the Application Profile name or Endpoint Group name, double-click on the Tenant to browse the child objects. You can then copy the name of the object you want to monitor to the relevant host variable.

View Output

To retrieve the Bridge Domain, double-click on the Tenant to browse the child objects. You can then copy the name of the Bridge Domain you want to monitor to the relevant host variable from the Networking tab.

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Custom Queries Copied

To retrieve a specific metric or field from the object store browser that is not included in the above Host Templates, copy the DN and field name from the object store browser into the relevant custom query host variables. For example, to create a custom query for the ‘delayed heartbeat’ field of node-104, use the following highlighted variables:

View Output

["Opsview On-Premises"] ["Opsview > Opspacks"] ["User Guide", "Technical Reference"]

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