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Cisco ACI Configuration

Hi there,

Is anyone using NCM for making config changes in ACI such as creating BD's/EPG's etc?

Cheers

John

  • ACI and NCM don't fully integrate due to ACI's file system being incompatible with NCM's methods of accessing & downloading.  We use the ACI GUI for all management of ACI components.

    If you're able to access & download ACI config files, similar to IOS running-config files, using NCM, and can create ACI config change reports with NCM, I'd very much like to learn how.  

    Rick Schroeder

  • Hi Rick,

    So generally for bulk changes we would avoid the GUI as its quite slow and cumbersome, instead opting for using postman, python and Ansible. I was wondering if we could use NCM as an alternative to these tools pushing XML or JSON to the APIC's? I dont have extensive knowledge of NCM so not sure if it can use REST?

    Thanks

    John

  • Like you, our ACI admins have resorted to other scripting solutions, leaving NCM out of the picture for its ACI limitations.