User Guide

 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.

 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.

 Statistics are simulated. As a result, threshold crossing alert (TCA) faults are generated in the

simulator to demonstrate the fault generation on the statistics threshold crossing.

 Create a syslog and Call Home source policy under common policy. This policy applies at the

system level and sends all syslog and Call Home messages system wide. The GUI path to create

syslog and Call Home under common policy are as follows: Admin / External Data Collector/

Monitoring Destinations / [Callhome | SNMP | Syslog].

 The Cisco ACI Simulator appliance simulates faults for counters, which might cause the health

score of the top-of-rack (TOR) switch to go down. The faults look similar to the following example:

<faultInst ack="no" cause="threshold-crossed" changeSet="" childAction="" code="F54431"

created="2014-01-21T17:20:13.179+00:00" descr="TCA: l2IngrBytes5min dropRate value

9049.94 raised above threshold 9000 and value is recovering "dn="topology/pod-1/node-

17/sys/ctx-[vxlan-2621440]/bd-[vxlan-15826914]/vlan-[vlan- 1031]/fault-F54431"

domain="infra" highestSeverity="minor" lastTransition="2014-01-21T17:22:35.185+00:00"

lc="raised" modTs="never" occur="1"origSeverity="minor" prevSeverity="minor" rule="tca-l2-

ingr-bytes-drop-rate" severity="minor" status="" subject="counter" type="operational"/>

<faultInst ack="no" cause="threshold-crossed" changeSet="" childAction="" code="F54447"

created="2014-01-21T17:20:13.244+00:00" descr="TCA: l2IngrPkts5min dropRate value

3.53333 raised above threshold 10" dn="topology/pod-1/node-17/sys/ctx-[vxlan-2621440]/bd-

[vxlan-15826914]/vlan-[vlan-1 031]/fault-F54447" domain="infra" highestSeverity="warning"

lastTransition="2014-01-21T19:42:37.983+00:00" lc="retaining" modTs="never" occur="9"

origSeverity="warning"prevSeverity="warning" rule="tca-l2-ingr-pkts-drop-rate"

severity="cleared" status="" subject="counter" type="operational"/>

Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services Usage Guidelines

Observe the following guidelines when using Layer 4 to Layer 7 services:

 This release supports Layer 4 to Layer 7 services integration with Citrix and ASA. These packages

are not prepackaged in the Simulator appliance. Depending on the Layer 4 to Layer 7 services that

you want to test, you should procure the corresponding package from the file share.

 Service nodes should be connected using the out-of-band connection. The service node and the

Cisco APIC should be in the same subnet.