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Integrating Cisco APIC on NIOS provides visibility into your Cisco APIC infrastructure, which allows you to view and manage discovered IP addresses from Cisco ACI cluster. You can discover the SDN Controller and Elements (Spine, Leaf, End Points) using the Network Insight feature. You can view devices discovered by a discovery member in the Devices tab. For information, see Viewing the Complete List of Discovered Devices and their Properties.
To configure Cisco APIC on NIOS, complete the following:
- From the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab, and then click Discovery.
- Select the member check box, and then click Edit –> Member Discovery Properties in the Toolbar.
- Click the Cisco APIC Configuration tab and click the Add icon and complete the following:
- Protocol: Select HTTP or HTTPS as the protocol. When you select HTTPS, you must upload the corresponding SSL CA certificate to the Grid in order for NIOS to communicate with Cisco APIC, as described in Managing Certificates.
- Network View: Select the network view to which the device is associated.
- Username: The login name of Cisco APIC.
- Password: The login password of Cisco APIC.
- Address: Enter the hostname or IP address of Cisco APIC.
- Comment: Enter additional information Cisco APIC.
- Click Add to add Cisco APIC.
- When finished, click Save & Close.