The Cisco ACI workflow imports the following components of a Cisco ACI infrastructure into BlueCat Address Manager (BAM):
ACI Fabric Devices
APICs
SPINEs
LEAFs
Tenants
Private Networks
Bridge Domains
Subnets
Endpoint Devices
Additional metadata such as End Point Groups
Tip: In an ACI infrastructure,the spine is the ACI network to which
other network components are connected. The leaf devices are the devices and
endpoints connected to an ACI network.
BAM organizes the ACI Tenant
Infrastructure as Tab Groups, Tags, and Configurations. You can use Address Manager
Configuration Groups to help you organize Tenants.ACI Fabric Devices appear as Device Subtypes under the "Cisco ACI Infrastructure" Device Type:
- Groups
- Device Types
- Device Subtypes
The diagram below illustrates the connections between objects in an imported Cisco ACI infrastructure.