SevOne SDN Collector Configuration and Advanced Configuration Guide

To configure APIC in SevOne NMS, execute the following steps.

1. Using a web browser of your choice, enter the URL for the SevOne NMS appliance. Enter the credentials and click Login.

   

   

2. From the navigation bar, click the Devices menu and select Device Manager.
3. Click Add Device to create a new device.

   

4. On the New Device page, add the following details.

   

   1. In the Name field, enter the device name.
   2. In the Alternate Name field, enter an alternative device name. You can search for a device by its alternative name.
   3. In the Description field, enter the device description. You can use this to provide additional information about the function, location, or any other pertinent information about the device.
   4. In the IP Address field, enter the device IP address.
   5. Click the plugin drop-down menu. By default, it is set to SNMP. Select SDN.
      1. Select the Enable Cisco API Integration checkbox as shown below.
         Note:

         You can also refer to SDN Plugin in SevOne NMS User Guide for the APIC Connectivity details to configure the Cisco ACI solution.

         

      2. Please ignore the MSO Enabled field.
      3. In the APIC URL field, enter the relevant URL.
      4. In the Certification Authentication field, if the checkbox is unchecked, then the user needs to enter the Username and Password.
      5. In the Certification Authentication field, if the checkbox is checked as shown below, then
         • In the Username field, enter a desired user name.
         • In the Upload Certificate (.crt file) field, browse and select the .crt file and then click on Upload Cert button.
         • Now, the Certificate Name field is updated automatically with .crt file.

         

         Note:

         SevOne NMS users can now use digital certificates that are generated on the APIC instead of passwords to authenticate and manage SDN enabled devices.

         Please refer to Cisco APIC Basic Configuration Guide release version 4.0 and above for more details.

   6. Once the APIC is configured, click Save to save the current changes. This device is then queued for discovery.
   7. Again, click the Devices menu and select Discovery Manager. Now, you will see that the device is in the discovery queue.
   8. After the discovery process is completed, APIC devices are now visible on the Device Manager screen.

      

   9. After you configure the plugin and save the configuration, an advance-<device-name>.yaml file is created in /config/SDN folder.

      Here, the device name is APIC. So, after the device is configured with SDN plugin, an advance-Apic.yaml file will be created in th /config/SDN folder.

      Important:

      Based on SDN plugin configuration and the values that are entered in the fields to configure the plugin, advance-<device-name>.yaml file is created. If you want to set or modify any configuration field, you must edit the advance-Apic.yaml.

      The list of SDN plugin variables can be found in Configuration Variables table below.

      Log rotations are performed automatically and the log path is /var/log/SDN. For example, /var/log/SDN/<site name>/<v8.0.x>/ where <site-name> is the name provided when adding the SDN device.

      
      Log_level: info
      page_size: 10000
      timeout: "30"
      dn_order: true
      do_nodes_traffic: true 
      fault_prefix: " "
      do_pod_traffic: true 
      do_virtual_traffic: false 
      do_bytes: true 
      do_packets: false 
      skip_tunnel_if: true 
      skip_off_vm: true
      skip_bad_nic: true 
      nms_timeout: 60
      nms_insecure_tls_connection: true 
      distribution_peer_list: [] 
      fault_config:
        filter: []
        granular_fault_filter: []
        severity_mapping: []

   10. Metadata features have been enhanced to allow retrieval and editing of Device and Location attributes for existing SDN devices. Please follow the steps as shown to edit the metadata attributes.
       1. Choose a device from the list to view the metadata.
       2. Click in the Actions column to open the Edit Metadata pop-up.
       3. In the Edit Metadata pop-up, locate the Device section to find the metadata fields related to the device.

          Example

       4. In the Edit Metadata pop-up, locate the Location section to find the metadata fields that are related to the location.

          Example