SevOne SDN Collector Set APIC and MSO User Account

The APIC user account is used by SevOne SDN Solution to communicate with the APIC must have Role admin Access read in Security Domain all. Execute the following steps to set up a new user account for SevOne SDN Solution.

Execute the following steps.

1. Login to the APIC with an account that has rights to create users.

   

2. Select Admin tab.

   

3. Right-click Users and select Create Local User.

   

4. For STEP 1 > User Identity, enter values in the following fields. For example:
   • Login ID: sevone
   • Password: <password>
   • Confirm Password: <password>
   • First Name: SevOne
   • Last Name: ACI Solution

     

5. Click Next.
6. For STEP 2 > Security, under the Security Domain section, select check box, all.

   

7. Click Next.
8. For STEP 3 > Roles, click the icon for Domain all.

   

9. Enter the following fields - Role Name and Role Privilege Type. For example, Role Name = admin and Role Privilege Type = Read.
10. Click Update.
11. Click Finish.

    

12. Upon clicking the Finish button, you get the following.

    

13. Double-click the sevone Login ID.

    

14. Scroll down to Security Domains.

    

15. Click the > next to Security Domain all to show assigned roles.

    

16. Under the Security Domain all, ensure that Role admin and Access readPriv exist.
17. Click Close to exit.

apic:<enter login domain name>\\<enter local username>

To meet SevOne requirement of the following, SevOne requires the Cisco AV pair associated with the sevone ACI account to be shell:domains=all//admin.

• Role: admin
• Access: read
• Security Domain in TACACS

For additional details, please refer to Cisco TACACS documentation (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/kb/b_KB_ACI-TACACS-config.html).

The MSO user account is used by SevOne SDN Solution to communicate with the MSO must have Role admin Access read in Security Domain all. Execute the following steps to set up a new user account for SevOne SDN Solution.

1. Login to the MSO with an account that has rights to create users.

   

2. Select Users from the navigation bar on the left.

   

3. Click the ADD USER button.

   

4. Configure the user-specific account information. For example,
   • USERNAME: sevone
   • PASSWORD: <password>
   • FIRST NAME: SevOne
   • LAST NAME ACI Solution
   • EMAIL ADDRESS: sevone @sevone.com
   • PHONE NUMBER: Enter any phone number
   • ACCOUNT STATUS: Active

     

5. Scroll down and associate all required roles for the user.

   

6. Click Save.
7. Log out and log in with the new user to validate if the user has been created properly.