Supported Target Version
Cisco ACI Version 4.2

Application Version Details

Application VersionBug fixes / Enhancements
1.0.0Initial Deployment.

Introduction

Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI®) is a comprehensive Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution to enable agility and resiliency in the data center. It captures higher-level business and user intent in the form of a policy and translates this policy into the network constructs necessary to dynamically provision the network, security, and infrastructure services.

The Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Fabric (ACI) includes Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches with the APIC to run in the leaf/spine ACI fabric mode. These switches form a “fat-tree” network by connecting each leaf node to each spine node; all other devices connect to the leaf nodes.

We need to discover and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for Cisco ACI devices. All of the elements making up a Cisco ACI system. Specifically we see the leafs, spines, and APICs. The controller for ACI is the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), Cisco ACI comes with default performance management tracking to pinpoint areas that hinder the network’s performance.

Cisco ACI

Key Use cases

Discovery Use cases

The device discovery enables the customer with an unified way of showing all of the elements making up a CISCO ACI system along with the relationships.

Monitoring Use cases

The device monitoring helps to collect the metric values with respect to time and sends alerts to the intended customer team to act up immediately in case of any threshold breach or unexpected metric behavior observed based on configurations. In a way it helps the customer with smooth functioning of business with minimal or zero downtime in case of any infrastructure related issues occurring.

Prerequisites

  • OpsRamp Classic Gateway 14.0.0 and above.

  • OpsRamp NextGen Gateway 14.0.0 and above.

    Note: OpsRamp recommends using the latest Gateway version for full coverage of recent bug fixes, enhancements, etc.

Resource Hierarchy

     · Cisco ACI
            · Cisco ACI Fabric POD
                   · Cisco ACI Controller
                   · Cisco ACI Leaf
                   · Cisco ACI Spine
            · Cisco ACI Tenant
                   · Cisco ACI VRF
                   · Cisco ACI Contract
                   · Cisco ACI Bridge Domain
                   · Cisco ACI External Route Network
                   · Cisco ACI External Bridge Network
                   · Cisco ACI Application Profile
                          · Cisco ACI Endpoint Group

Supported Metrics

Click here to view the supported metrics
Native TypeMetric NameDisplay NameUnitsApplication VersionDescription
Cisco ACI Leafcisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_Idle_Avg_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU Idle Avg Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric CPU idle current usage
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_Idle_Max_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU Idle Max Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric CPU idle maximum usage
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_Idle_Min_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU Idle Min Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric CPU idle minimum usage
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_Kernel_Avg_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU Kernel Avg Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU KernelAvg usage details
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_Kernel_Max_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU Kernel Max Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU KernelMax usage details
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_Kernel_Min_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU Kernel Min Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU KernelMin usage details
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_User_Avg_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU User Avg Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU userAvg usage
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_User_Max_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU User Max Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU userMax usage
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_CPU_User_Min_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node CPU User Min Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU userMin usage
Cisco ACI Leafcisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Min_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Min Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node min free memory
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Max_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Max Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node maximum free memory
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Avg_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Avg Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node average free memory
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Min_Used_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Min Used MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node Min Used Memory details
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Max_Used_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Max Used MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node Maximum Used Memory details
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Avg_Used_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Avg Used MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node Average Used Memory details
cisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Memory_UtilizationCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Memory Utilization%1.0.0Provides fabric node memory utilization details
Cisco ACI Leafcisco_aci_fabric_leaf_node_Health_ScoreCisco ACI Fabric Leaf Node Health Score%1.0.0Provides health of the node
Cisco ACI Spinecisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_Idle_Avg_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU Idle Avg Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric CPU idle current usage
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_Idle_Max_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU Idle Max Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric CPU idle maximum usage
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_Idle_Min_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU Idle Min Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric CPU idle minimum usage
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_Kernel_Avg_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU Kernel Avg Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU KernelAvg usage details
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_Kernel_Max_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU Kernel Max Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU KernelMax usage details
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_Kernel_Min_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU Kernel Min Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU KernelMin usage details
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_User_Avg_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU User Avg Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU userAvg usage
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_User_Max_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU User Max Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU userMax usage
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_CPU_User_Min_UsageCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node CPU User Min Usage%1.0.0Provides fabric node CPU userMin usage
Cisco ACI Spinecisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Min_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Min Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node min free memory
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Max_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Max Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node maximum free memory
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Avg_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Avg Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node average free memory
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Min_Used_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Min Used MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node Min Used Memory details
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Max_Used_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Max Used MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node Maximum Used Memory details
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Avg_Used_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Avg Used MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric node Average Used Memory details
cisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Memory_UtilizationCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Memory Utilization%1.0.0Provides fabric node memory utilization details
Cisco ACI Spinecisco_aci_fabric_spine_node_Health_ScoreCisco ACI Fabric Spine Node Health Score%1.0.0Provides health of the node
Cisco ACI Controllercisco_aci_fabric_controller_CPU_PercentageCisco ACI Fabric Controller CPU Percentage%1.0.0Provides fabric controller CPU Percentage details
cisco_aci_fabric_controller_Memory_UtilizationCisco ACI Fabric Controller Memory Utilization%1.0.0Provides fabric controller memory utilization details
cisco_aci_fabric_controller_Free_MemoryCisco ACI Fabric Controller Free MemoryMB1.0.0Provides fabric controller Free Memory details
Cisco ACI Fabric Podcisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Total_Bytes_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Total Bytes CumMB1.0.0Provides port's total egrss cum info
cisco_aci_fabric_pod_Health_ScoreCisco ACI Fabric Pod Health Score%1.0.0Provides health score of the fabric pod
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_total_PacketsCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Total Packetspackets/sec1.0.0Provides port's total egress packets information
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_total_Bytes_RateCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Total Bytes RateMB1.0.0Provides port's total egress rate information
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_total_Packets_RateCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Total Packets Ratepackets/sec1.0.0Provides port's total egress packets rate information
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_total_Bytes_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Total Bytes CumMB1.0.0The cumulative bytes sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_total_PacketsCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Total Packetspackets/sec1.0.0The packets sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_total_Bytes_RateCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Total Bytes RateMB1.0.0Fabric Port Ingress Total Rate
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_total_Packets_RateCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Total Packets Ratepackets/sec1.0.0The packets per second sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_Bytes_UnicastCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Bytes UnicastMB1.0.0The number of unicast bytes coming into the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_Bytes_MulticastCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Bytes MulticastMB1.0.0The number of multicast bytes coming into the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_Bytes_FloodCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Bytes FloodMB1.0.0Ingress flood packets
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_Bytes_Unicast_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Bytes Unicast CumMB1.0.0The cumulative bytes sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_Bytes_Multicast_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Bytes Multicast CumMB1.0.0The cumulative multicast bytes sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_Bytes_Flood_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Bytes Flood CumMB1.0.0The cumulative flood packets sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Bytes_UnicastCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Bytes UnicastMB1.0.0The number of unicast bytes coming from the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Bytes_MulticastCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Bytes MulticastMB1.0.0The number of Multicast bytes coming from the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Bytes_FloodCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Bytes FloodMB1.0.0Egress flood bytes
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Bytes_Unicast_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Bytes Unicast CumMB1.0.0The cumulative bytes sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Bytes_Multicast_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Bytes Flood CumMB1.0.0The cumulative flood packets sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_Bytes_Flood_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Bytes Multicast CumMB1.0.0The cumulative multicast bytes sent to the port
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_drop_Packets_BufferCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Drop Packets Bufferpackets/sec1.0.0The packets dropped because the buffer is full
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_drop_Packets_ErrorsCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Drop Packets Errorspackets/sec1.0.0The packets dropped because of errors
cisco_aci_fabric_port_egr_drop_Packets_Buffer_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Egr Drop Packets Buffer Cumpackets/sec1.0.0The cumulative packets dropped because the buffer is full
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_drop_Packets_BufferCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Drop Packets Bufferpackets/sec1.0.0The packets dropped because the buffer is full
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_drop_Packets_ErrorsCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Drop Packets Errorspackets/sec1.0.0The packets dropped because of errors
cisco_aci_fabric_port_ingr_drop_Packets_Buffer_CumCisco ACI Fabric Port Ingr Drop Packets Buffer Cumpackets/sec1.0.0the cumulative packets dropped because the buffer is full
cisco_aci_fabric_port_Operational_StateCisco ACI Fabric Port Operational State1.0.0Port operational state
Port operational statecisco_aci_tenant_ingress_Drop_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Drop CumMB1.0.0Provides ingress drop cum of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_Unicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Unicast CumMB1.0.0Provides ingress Unicast cum of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_Multicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Multicast CumMB1.0.0Provides ingress Multicast cum of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_Flood_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Flood CumMB1.0.0Provides ingress Flood cum of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_Unicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Unicast RateMB1.0.0Provides egress unicast rate of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_Multicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Multicast RateMB1.0.0Provides egress multicast rate of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_pkts_Unicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Pkts Unicast Ratepacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress unicast rate packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_pkts_Multicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Pkts Multicast Ratepacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress multicast rate packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_pkts_Drop_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Pkts Drop Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress drop cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_pkts_Unicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Pkts Unicast Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress Unicast cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_pkts_Multicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Pkts Multicast Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress multicast cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_ingress_pkts_Flood_CumCisco ACI Tenant Ingress Pkts Flood Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress flood cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_pkts_Unicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Egress Pkts Unicast Ratepacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress unicast rate of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_pkts_Multicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Egress Pkts Multicast Ratepacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress multicast rate of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_pkts_Drop_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Pkts Drop Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides ingress drop cum of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_pkts_Unicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Pkts Unicast Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides egress Unicast cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_pkts_Multicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Pkts Multicast Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides egress Multicast cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_pkts_Flood_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Pkts Flood Cumpacket/min1.0.0Provides egress Flood cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_fault_CounterCisco ACI Tenant Fault Countercount1.0.0Provides Fault Count of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_Unicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Egress Unicast RateMB1.0.0Provides egress unicast rate packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_Multicast_RateCisco ACI Tenant Egress Multicast RateMB1.0.0Provides egress multicast rate packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_Drop_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Drop CumMB1.0.0Provides egress drop cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_Unicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Unicast CumMB1.0.0Provides egress Unicast cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_Multicast_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Multicast CumMB1.0.0Provides egress Multicast cum packets of the tenant
cisco_aci_tenant_egress_Flood_CumCisco ACI Tenant Egress Flood CumMB1.0.0Provides egress Flood cum packets of the tenant
Cisco ACI Tenantcisco_aci_tenant_HealthCisco ACI Tenant Health%1.0.0Provides health of the tenant
Cisco ACI Tenantcisco_aci_tenant_Overall_HealthCisco ACI Tenant Overall Health%1.0.0Provides overall health of the tenant
Cisco ACI Application profilecisco_aci_tenant_application_Fault_CounterCisco ACI Tenant application Fault Countercount1.0.0Represents the count for critical, warning, major & minor Fault. This is the average value read by the counter during the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval
cisco_aci_tenant_application_HealthCisco ACI Tenant application Health%1.0.0Represents the most current statistics for the application health
cisco_aci_tenant_application_Overall_HealthCisco ACI Tenant application Overall Health%1.0.0Represents the statistics for the overall application health
Cisco ACI Endpoint Groupcisco_aci_tenant_application_endpoint_Fault_CounterCisco ACI Tenant application Endpoint Fault Countercount1.0.0Represents the critical, warning, major & minor faults count. This is the average value read by the counter during the collection interval. Note that this value resets to 0 at the beginning of each interval.
cisco_aci_tenant_application_endpoint_HealthCisco ACI Tenant application Endpoint Health%1.0.0Represents the most current statistics for the endpoint health
cisco_aci_tenant_application_endpoint_Overall_HealthCisco ACI Tenant application Endpoint Overall Health%1.0.0Represents the statistics for the overall endpoint health

Default Monitoring Configurations

Cisco ACI has default Global Device Management Policies, Global Templates, Global Monitors and Global metrics in OpsRamp. You can customize these default monitoring configurations as per your business use cases by cloning respective global templates and global Device Management Policies. OpsRamp recommends performing the below activity before installing the application to avoid noise alerts and data.

  1. Default Global Device Management Policies

    OpsRamp has a Global Device Management Policy for each Native Type of Cisco ACI. You can find those Device Management Policies at Setup > Resources > Device Management Policies, search with suggested names in global scope. Each Device Management Policy follows below naming convention:

    {appName nativeType - version}

    Ex: cisco-aci Cisco ACI Tenant - 1(i.e, appName = cisco-aci, nativeType = Cisco ACI Tenant, version = 1)

  2. Default Global Templates

    OpsRamp has a Global template for each Native Type of Cisco ACI. You can find those templates at Setup > Monitoring > Templates, search with suggested names in global scope. Each template follows below naming convention:

    {appName nativeType 'Template' - version}

    Ex: cisco-aci Cisco ACI Tenant Template - 1(i.e, appName = cisco-aci, nativeType = Cisco ACI Tenant, version = 1)

  3. Default Global Monitors

    OpsRamp has a Global Monitors for each Native Type which has monitoring support. You can find those monitors at Setup > Monitoring > Monitors, search with suggested names in global scope. Each Monitors follows below naming convention:

    {monitorKey appName nativeType - version}

    Ex: Cisco ACI Tenant Monitor cisco-aci Cisco ACI Tenant 1 (i.e, monitorKey = Cisco ACI Tenant Monitor, appName = cisco-aci nativeType = Cisco ACI Tenant, version = 1)

Configure and Install the Cisco ACI Integration

  1. From All Clients, select a client.
  2. Go to Setup > Account.
  3. Select the Integrations and Apps tab.
  4. The Installed Integrations page, where all the installed applications are displayed. Note: If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the ADD APP page.
  5. Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page. The Available Integrations and Apps page displays all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
    Note: You can even search for the application using the search option available. Also you can use the All Categories option to search.
Cisco ACI
  1. Click ADD in the Cisco ACI application.
    Note: Select the version from the drop down menu.
  2. In the Configurations page, click + ADD. The Add Configuration page appears.
  3. Enter the below mentioned Basic Information:
FunctionalityDescription
NameEnter the name for the configuration.
Host Name / IP AddressIP address/host name of the target.
PortPort details

Note: By default 443 is displayed.
CredentialsSelect the Credential from the drop-down list.

(Optional): Click + Add to create a credential. The ADD CREDENTIAL window is displayed. Enter the following information.
  • Name: Credential name.
  • Description: Brief description of the credential.
  • User Name: User name.
  • Password: Password.
  • Confirm Password: Confirm password

Notes

  • By default the isSecure checkbox is selected.
  • Host Name/IP Address and Port should be accessible from Gateway.
  • Select the following:
    • App Failure Notifications: if turned on, you will be notified in case of an application failure that is, Connectivity Exception, Authentication Exception.
  1. Select the below mentioned Custom Attribute:
FunctionalityDescription
Custom AttributeSelect the custom attribute from the drop down list box.
ValueSelect the value from the drop down list box.

Note: The custom attribute that you add here will be assigned to all the resources that are created by the integration. You can add a maximum of five custom attributes (key and value pair).

  1. In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:

    • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
    • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
  2. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:

    • Minutes
    • Hourly
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
  3. Click ADD.

Cisco ACI

Now the configuration is saved and displayed on the configurations page after you save it.
Note: From the same page, you may Edit and Remove the created configuration.

  1. Under the ADVANCED SETTINGS, Select the Bypass Resource Reconciliation option, if you wish to bypass resource reconciliation when encountering the same resources discovered by multiple applications.

    Note: If two different applications provide identical discovery attributes, two separate resources will be generated with those respective attributes from the individual discoveries.

  2. Click NEXT.

  3. (Optional) Click +ADD to create a new collector by providing a name or use the pre-populated name.

Veeam
  1. Select an existing registered profile.
Veeam
  1. Click FINISH.

The application is installed and displayed on the INSTALLED INTEGRATION page. Use the search field to find the installed integration.

Modify the Configuration

View the Cisco ACI Details

To discover resources for Cisco ACI.

  1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Search > Software Defined Network > Cisco ACI.
  2. The Cisco ACI page is displayed, select the application name.
  3. The RESOURCE DETAILS page appears from the right.
  4. Click the ellipsis () on the top right and select View details.
  5. Navigate to the Attributes tab to view the discovery details.
Cisco ACI
  1. Click the Metrics tab to view the metric details for Cisco ACI.
Cisco ACI

Resource Filter Input keys

Cisco ACI Resources are filtered and discovered based on below keys:

Click here to view the Supported Input Keys
Resource TypeSupported Input Keys
All TypesresourceName
hostName
aliasName
dnsName
ipAddress
macAddress
os
make
model
serialNumber
Cisco ACI Fabric PODPod Type
Cisco ACI Controllerversion

Supported Alert Custom Macros

Customize the alert subject and description with below macros then it will generate alerts based on customisation.

Supported macros keys:

Click here to view the alert subject and description with macros

                                ${resource.name}

                                ${resource.ip}

                                ${resource.mac}

                                ${resource.aliasname}

                                ${resource.os}

                                ${resource.type}

                                ${resource.dnsname}

                                ${resource.alternateip}

                                ${resource.make}

                                ${resource.model}

                                ${resource.serialnumber}

                                ${resource.systemId}

                                ${parent.resource.name}

                                    ${Custom attributes on the resource}

Risks, Limitations & Assumptions

  • Application can handle Critical/Recovery failure notifications for below two cases when user enables “App Failure Notifications” in configuration:
    • Connectivity Exception
    • Authentication Exception
  • Application will not send any duplicate/repeat failure alert notification until the already existing critical alert is recovered.
  • Using metrics for monitoring the resources and generating alerts when the threshold values are breached.
  • Application can not control monitoring pause/resume actions based on above alerts.
  • Macro replacement limitation (i.e, customization of threshold breach alert subject, description).
  • This application supports only Classic Gateway and NextGen Gateway. Not supported with Cluster Gateway.
  • Component level thresholds can be configured on each resource level.
  • No support of showing activity logs.
  • The Template Applied Time will only be displayed if the collector profile (Classic and NextGen Gateway) is version 18.1.0 or higher.
  • For Cisco ACI Bridge Domain, we have provided the MAC address as a custom attribute, as the bridge domains share the same MAC address.