User Guide

 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.

 Application centric network policies

 Data model-based declarative provisioning

 Application, topology monitoring, and troubleshooting

 Third-party integration (Layer 4 to Layer 7 services, WAN, vCenter, vShield)

 Physical infrastructure policies (spine and leaf)

 Cisco ACI inventory and configuration

 Implementation on a distributed framework across a cluster of appliances

 Health Scores for key Managed Objects (tenants, application profiles, switches, and so on)

 Fault, event and performance management

Installation Notes

The Cisco ACI Simulator software is preinstalled on the Cisco ACI Simulator appliance. When you launch

the Cisco ACI Simulator appliance for the first time, the Cisco APIC console presents a series of initial

setup options. See the Cisco ACI Simulator VM Installation Guide for information about the setup options.