Cisco ACI Simulator Appliance Release Notes, Release 6.0(2) © 2023 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Introduction The Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is conceptualized as a distributed, scalable, multi-tenant infrastructure with external endpoint connectivity that is controlled and grouped through application centric policies. The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is the key architectural component that is the unified point of automation, management, monitoring, and programmability for the Cisco ACI.
Graphical user interface (GUI) Command Line Interface (CLI) Application programming interface (API) Figure 1 shows the components and connections simulated within the simulator server. Figure 1 Simulated Components and Connections in the Cisco ACI Simulator Appliance Server Software Features This section lists the key software features of the Cisco ACI Simulator appliance that are available in this release.
The ISO image is not supported. You must use the OVA image. Compatibility Information This release of the Cisco ACI Simulator appliance supports the following software: For the supported VMware vCenter and vShield releases, see the ACI Virtualization Compatibility Matrix. Web browsers for the Cisco ACI Simulator appliance GUI: o Chrome version 35 (at minimum) on Mac and Windows. o Firefox version 26 (at minimum) on Mac and Windows.
The infrastructure EPG in the Infra tenant is for internal use only. The MP-BGP route reflector and the OSPF external routed network protocols do not work if you are using the simulator Virtual shell (VSH) and ishell commands do not work on switches. These commands are implemented on the Cisco NX-OS software, and the Cisco NX-OS software is not available on the simulator. The MP-BGP route reflector and the OSPF external routed network protocols do not work if you are using the simulator.
You can test Layer 4 to Layer 7 services by connecting your service appliance using in-band management connectivity between the simulator and the appliance. Supported Scale With the Cisco ACI Simulator Appliance The following table lists the scale values that were tested without an external service node in this release.
