Netpath fails to identify Cisco ACI hops

Erik_B

Recently started using netpath to monitor routes between our data centers and cloud regions. We're using Cisco ACI in our data center and have our spines/leafs/apics fully monitored via SNMP and solarwinds ACI api. When the netpath completes it will report Cisco ACI hops as an unmonitored device. Is there any way to increase the visibility so netpath can identify when the hop is a subnet configured within ACI or when it passes an ACI managed nexus switch which is also monitored by Orion?

cnorborg

So, not all that familiar with ACI, but hear its a lot like VxLAN, which I only know the basics of.   In VxLAN there is an underlay network, that is only used to connect all the equipment together to allow for the overlay network to actually transport the traffic.   Connectivity between endpoints though I think is actually done via tunnels, which would mean that even though the traffic might traverse 100 switches from point A to B on the overlay network, you might only see point A, point B and the default gateways of the network(s).    So it would only look like a couple of hops even though it goes over 100 switches.

So, when you say you're not seeing all the hops on Netpath, are you trying to trace the path on the underlay network, or the overlay network?   If on the underlay, I would think you should see all the hops.  But, I wouldn't expect you to see much if its on the overlay or user network?

Once again, not all that familiar with ACI and kind of translating it to how I'd expect to see things in VxLAN, so I could be way off here.