Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
What is Discovered and Monitored
| Protocol | Information Discovered | Metrics Collected | Used For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco APIC API (REST) | Overall Health, Tenant Health, Node Health, Cluster Health, Application Health, EPG health, Fault Record, Event record, Log Record, Configuration Change | Availability and Performance Monitoring |
Event Types
Go to ADMIN > Device Support > Event and search for "Cisco_ACI".
Rules
Go to RESOURCE > Rules and search for "Cisco ACI".
Reports
Go to RESOURCE > Reports and search for "Cisco ACI".
Configuration
Cisco ACI Configuration
Please configure Cisco ACI Appliance so that FortiSIEM can access it via APIC API.
FortiSIEM Configuration
- Go to ADMIN > Setup > Credentials
- In Step 1: Enter Credentials, click New and create a credential.
Settings Description Name Enter a name for the credential. Device Type CISCO CISCO ACI Access Protocol Cisco APIC API Pull Interval 5 minutes Port 443 Password config See Password Configuration User Name User name for device access Password Password for the various REST APIs Description Password for the various REST APIs - In Step 2: Enter IP Range to Credential Associations click New and create the association.
- IP - specify the IP address of the ACI Controller
- Credential - specify the Name as in 2a
- Test Connectivity - Run Test Connectivity with or without ping and make sure the test succeeds
- Check Pull Events tab to make sure that a event pulling entry is created
Sample Events
Overall Health Event
[Cisco_ACI_Overall_Health]: {"attributes":{"childAction":"","cnt":"29","dn":"topology/HDfabricOverallHealth5min0","healthAvg":"82","healthMax":"89","healthMin":"0","healthSpct":"0","healthThr":"","healthTr":"1","index":"0","lastCollOffset":"290","repIntvEnd":"2016-09-05T08:13:53.232+00:00","repIntvStart":"2016-09-05T08:09:03.128+00:00","status":""}}
Tenant Health Event
[Cisco_ACI_Tenant_Health]: {"attributes":{"childAction":"","descr":"","dn":"uni/tn-CliQr","lcOwn":"local","modTs":"2016-09-05T07:56:27.164+00:00","monPolDn":"uni/tn-common/monepg-default","name":"CliQr","ownerKey":"","ownerTag":"","status":"","uid":"15374"},"children":[{"healthInst":{"attributes":{"childAction":"","chng":"0","cur":"100","maxSev":"cleared","prev":"100","rn":"health","status":"","twScore":"100","updTs":"2016-09-05T08:27:03.584+00:00"}}}]
Nodes Health Event
[Cisco_ACI_Node_Health]: {"attributes":{"address":"10.0.208.95","childAction":"","configIssues":"","currentTime":"2016-09-05T08:15:51.794+00:00","dn":"topology/pod-1/node-101/sys","fabricId":"1","fabricMAC":"00:22:BD:F8:19:FF","id":"101","inbMgmtAddr":"0.0.0.0","inbMgmtAddr6":"0.0.0.0","lcOwn":"local","modTs":"2016-09-05T07:57:29.435+00:00",
"mode":"unspecified","monPolDn":"uni/fabric/monfab-default","name":"Leaf1","oobMgmtAddr":"0.0.0.0","oobMgmtAddr6":"0.0.0.0","podId":"1","role"
:"leaf","serial":"TEP-1-101","state":"in-service","status":"","systemUpTime":"00:00:27:05.000"},"children":[{"healthInst":{"attributes":{"childAction":"","chng":"-10","cur":"90","maxSev":"cleared","prev":"100","rn":"health","status":"","twScore":"90","updTs":"2016-09-05T07:50:08.415+00:00"}}}]
Cluster Health Event
[Cisco_ACI_Cluster_Health]: {"attributes":{"addr":"10.0.0.1","adminSt":"in-service","chassis":"10220833-ea00-3bb3-93b2-ef1e7e645889","childAction":"","cntrlSbstState":"approved","dn":"topology/pod-1/node-1/av/node-1","health":"fully-fit","id":"1","lcOwn":"local","mbSn":"TEP-1-1","modTs":"2016-09-05T08:00:46.797+00:00","monPolDn":"","mutnTs":"2016-09-05T07:50:19.570+00:00","name":"","nodeName":"apic1","operSt":"available","status":"","uid":"0"}
Application Health Event
[Cisco_ACI_Application_Health]: {"attributes":{"childAction":"","descr":"","dn":"uni/tn-infra/ap-access","lcOwn":"local","modTs":"2016-09-07T08:17:20.503+00:00","monPolDn":"uni/tn-common/monepg-default","name":"access","ownerKey":"","ownerTag":"","prio":"unspecified","status":"","uid":"0"},"children":[{"healthInst":{"attributes":{"childAction":"","chng":"0","cur":"100","maxSev":"cleared","prev":"100","rn":"health","status":"","twScore":"100","updTs":"2016-09-07T08:39:35.531+00:00"}}}]}
EPG Health Event
[Cisco_ACI_EPG_Health]: {"attributes":{"childAction":"","configIssues":"","configSt":"applied","descr":"","dn":"uni/tn-infra/ap-access/epg-default","isAttrBasedEPg":"no","lcOwn":"local","matchT":"AtleastOne","modTs":"2016-09-07T08:17:20.503+00:00","monPolDn":"uni/tn-common/monepg-default","name":"default","pcEnfPref":"unenforced","pcTag":"16386","prio":"unspecified","scope":"16777199","status":"","triggerSt":"triggerable","txId":"5764607523034234882","uid":"0"},"children":[{"healthInst":{"attributes":{"childAction":"","chng":"0","cur":"100","maxSev":"cleared","prev":"100","rn":"health","status":"","twScore":"100","updTs":"2016-09-07T08:39:35.549+00:00"}}}]
Fault Record Event
[Cisco_ACI_Fault_Record]: ,"created":"2016-09-05T08:00:41.313+00:00","delegated":"no","delegatedFrom":"","descr":
"Controller3isunhealthybecause:DataLayerPartiallyDegradedLeadership","dn":"subj-[topology/pod-1/node-1/av/node-3]/fr-4294967583","domain":"infra","highestSeverity":"critical","id":"4294967583","ind":"modification",
"lc":"soaking","modTs":"never","occur":"1","origSeverity":"critical","prevSeverity":"critical",
"rule":"infra-wi-node-health","severity":"critical","status":"","subject":"controller","type":"operational"}
Event Record Event
[Cisco_ACI_Event_Record]: {"attributes":{"affected":"topology/pod-1/node-2/lon/svc-ifc_dhcpd","cause":"state-change","changeSet":"id:ifc_dhcpd,leCnnct:undefined,leNonOptCnt:undefined,leNotCnnct:undefined,name:ifc_dhcpd","childAction":"","code":"E4204979","created":"2016-09-05T07:57:37.024+00:00","descr":"Allshardsofserviceifc_dhcpdhaveconnectivitytotheleaderreplicaintheCluster.","dn":"subj-[topology/pod-1/node-2/lon/svc-ifc_dhcpd]/rec-8589934722","id":"8589934722","ind":"state-transition","modTs":"never","severity":"info","status":"","trig":"oper","txId":"18374686479671623682","user":"internal"}
Log Record Event
[Cisco_ACI_Log_Record]: {"attributes":{"affected":"uni/userext/user-admin","cause":"unknown","changeSet":"","childAction":"","clientTag":"","code":"generic","created":"2016-09-05T07:56:25.825+00:00","descr":"From-198.18.134.150-client-type-REST-
Success","dn":"subj-[uni/userext/user-admin]/sess-4294967297","id":"4294967297","ind":"special","modTs":"never","severity":"info","status":"","systemId":"1","trig":
"login,session","txId":"0","user":"admin"}
Configuration Change Event
[Cisco_ACI_Configuration_Chang]: {"attributes":{"affected":"uni/tn-CliQr/out-CliQr-Prod-L3Out/instP-CliQr-Prod-L3Out-EPG/rscustQosPol","cause":"transition","changeSet":"","childAction":"","clientTag":"","code":"E4206266","created":"2016-09-05T07:56:27.099+00:00","descr":"RsCustQosPolcreated","dn":"subj-[uni/tn-CliQr/out-CliQr-Prod-L3Out/instP-CliQr-Prod-L3Out-EPG/rscustQosPol]/mod-4294967308","id":"4294967308","ind":"creation","modTs":"never","severity":"info","status":"","trig":"config","txId":
"7493989779944505526","user":"admin"}}