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For discovery of any IPv6 network, at least one well-connected IPv6 router (preferably with routes to all other networks to be managed by NetMRI) must be placed in the Seed Router list. In some cases, seed routers may not have the full routing tables or be unable to provide full information for some reason. The general rule of thumb is that more seed routers are better, but the connectivity of the seed router(s) also helps determine how many seed routers you need. Avoid having more seed entries than necessary. Also, note that seed routers are included in the CIDRs count that should not exceed 1000 per the recommendation in the Infoblox Discovery Best Practices Guide.

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For effective use of seed routers, you must also provide admin credentials to NetMRI to allow it to pull the key routing and connectivity information, including the IPv6 routing table and the local Neighbor Discovery Cache, from the device. NetMRI uses the standard IPv6 counterparts to standard communications protocols, including SSH and SNMP.

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  1. Make sure that you enabled SDN and SD-WAN polling in Settings icon –> Setup –> SDN/SD-WAN Polling. For more information, see Configuring SDN and SD-WAN Polling Settings.
  2. Choose Settings icon –> Setup –> Discovery Settings –> SDN.
  3. Click New.
  4.  In SDN Type, select Cisco ACI.
  5. Complete the following:
    • Fabric Name: Specify a short and unique name for the current Cisco ACI configuration.
    • Addresses: Click Add and enter the hostname or IP address of the Cisco APIC controller. If your fabric includes more than one controller, click Add again to add more addresses.
    • Network View: Select  Select the network view to identify the corresponding network interface for connectivity with the Cisco ACI. Also, this network view will be In parentheses next to the network view name is displayed the name of the associated collector. The network view and collector are assigned to discover devices from this the ACI fabric.
    • Protocol: Select HTTP or HTTPS.
      If you select HTTPS, you must use a Root CA or Intermediate CA certificate to allow communication with the Cisco APIC as described below. 
      If your ACI fabric includes multiple controllers, use a combined PEM certificate. To do so, copy the ASCII data from all of the certificates into a single file.
    • CA Certificate: Perform one of the following:
      • Select a previously imported CA certificate. To learn how to import a CA certificate in NetMRI, see Installing CA Certificate.
      • Click Import CA Certificate and select a CA certificate directly from your machine.
        For how to prepare a CA certificate, see About CA Certificates for Cisco APIC. The APIC controller address must match either the certificate subject or one of subject alternative names.
    • Username: The login name for the Cisco ACI.
    • Password: The login password.
  6. Click Test Connection to check if the fabric is reachable and the provided credentials are correct. The connection test results are also written to the syslog.
  7. Click Add or Add & Discover.

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NetMRI classifies Meraki cameras and phones as end hosts and other Meraki devices as network devices.

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NetMRI does not save configs from Meraki devices. As device components, it collects only chassis. For interfaces collected from Meraki devices, NetMRI displays only the enabled or disabled interface status in the Admin Status and Operational Status fields.

NetMRI uses Meraki API version 0.4.

To add and configure Cisco Meraki discovery, complete the following:

  1. Make sure that you enable SDN and SD-WAN polling in Settings icon –> Setup –> SDN/SD-WAN Polling. For more information, see Configuring SDN and SD-WAN Polling Settings.
  2. Choose Settings icon –> Setup –> Discovery Settings –> SDN.
  3. Click New.
  4. In SDN Type, select Cisco Meraki.
  5. Complete the following:
    • Config Name: Specify a short and unique name for the current Cisco Meraki configuration.
    • Network Interface: Select  Select the interface that will be used to access the device. In parentheses next to the interface name is displayed the name of the associated collector. As Cisco Meraki infrastructure may have overlapping IP addresses in different network views, you should explicitly specify a network interface exposed to the internet.
    • Protocol: HTTPS by default.
    • Address: Enter the hostname or IP address of the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API. By default it is api.meraki.com.

    • API Key: Access key required to use Cisco APIs.

  6. Click Test Connection to check if the device is reachable and the provided credentials are correct. The connection test results are also written to the syslog.
  7. Click Add or Add & Discover.

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Configuring Proxy Settings for SDN Discovery
Configuring Proxy Settings for SDN Discovery
Configuring Proxy Settings for SDN Discovery

Based on your NetMRI deployment type, you can define Proxy settings in the following ways:

  • Standalone: you can define one proxy server for the standalone appliance.
  • Operation Center with collectors: you can define a separate Proxy server for each collector.

To configure a Proxy server for SDN and SD-WAN connectivity, complete the following:

  1. Choose the Settings When creating a new or editing an existing SDN configuration in Settings icon –> Setup –> Proxy Settings, select Use Global Proxy Settings.
  2. In the Setup panel, select Proxy Settings.
  3. In the Proxy For drop-down list, select a specific collector.
  4. Select Use Proxy Server.
  5. Complete the following:
    • Name or IP Address: An FQDN or IP address of the Proxy.
    • Port: The port number of the Proxy.
    • Username: The username that NetMRI will use to log in to the Proxy.
    • Password: The password that NetMRI will use to log in to the Proxy.
  6. Click Save.

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