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Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Device Package Development Guide
First Published: October31,2013
Last Modified: October14,2014
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CONTENTS
Preface Preface vii
Audience vii
DocumentConventions vii
RelatedDocumentation ix
DocumentationFeedback x
ObtainingDocumentationandSubmittingaServiceRequest x
CHAPTER 1 Overview 1
AboutServiceIntegrationwiththeApplicationPolicyInfrastructureController 1
AbouttheDevicePackageArchitecture 3
AbouttheDebugLogs 4
CHAPTER 2 DevelopingDeviceSpecifications 5
AboutDeviceTypes 5
AboutDeviceSpecifications 6
DeviceScript 8
DevicesCredentials 9
InterfaceLabels 9
AboutClusterandDeviceConfigurations 10
ClusterConfigurations 10
DeviceConfigurations 11
AboutFunctionalConfigurations 11
ConnectorObjects 12
Images 14
FunctionConfigurations 14
GroupConfigurations 15
GlobalFunctionConfigurations 16
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Relations 16
ParameterScopeandAPIConfigurationDictionary 18
AboutParameterObjectsandFolders 18
ParameterObjects 18
Folders 20
ParameterValidation 22
FaultsCodes 24
FunctionProfile 25
ManagedObjectModel 28
ManagedObjectExample 32
CHAPTER 3 DevelopingDeviceScripts 37
AboutDeviceScripts 37
GuidelinesforCreatingDeviceScripts 38
DeviceScriptAPIs 38
ScriptFramework 40
ConfigurationDictionaryFormat 41
ServiceConfiguration 44
APICallouts 45
PassingParameters 48
DeviceIdentification 49
HandlingScriptFailures 50
SampleScript 51
CHAPTER 4 FabricConnectivity 65
AboutFabricConnectivity 65
RegisteringDevices 65
Connectors 67
ServiceGraphs 67
GraphRendering 68
DeviceScriptInterface 69
CHAPTER 5 ServiceInsertionSupport 73
AboutServiceInsertionSupport 73
HealthMonitoring 73
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Faults 76
Counters 78
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Preface
Thisprefaceincludesthefollowingsections:
• Audience, page vii
• DocumentConventions, page vii
• RelatedDocumentation, page ix
• DocumentationFeedback, page x
• ObtainingDocumentationandSubmittingaServiceRequest, page x
Audience
Thisguideisintendedprimarilyfordatacenteradministratorswithresponsibilitiesandexpertiseinoneor
moreofthefollowing:
•Virtualmachineinstallationandadministration
•Serveradministration
•Switchandnetworkadministration
Document Conventions
Commanddescriptionsusethefollowingconventions:
Convention Description
bold Boldtextindicatesthecommandsandkeywordsthatyouenterliterally
asshown.
Italic Italictextindicatesargumentsforwhichtheusersuppliesthevalues.
[x] Squarebracketsencloseanoptionalelement(keywordorargument).
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Convention Description
[x|y] Squarebracketsenclosingkeywordsorargumentsseparatedbyavertical
barindicateanoptionalchoice.
{x|y} Bracesenclosingkeywordsorargumentsseparatedbyaverticalbar
indicatearequiredchoice.
[x{y|z}] Nestedsetofsquarebracketsorbracesindicateoptionalorrequired
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element.
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cannotbeused.
string Anonquotedsetofcharacters.Donotusequotationmarksaroundthe
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Convention Description
screen font Terminalsessionsandinformationtheswitchdisplaysareinscreenfont.
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Thisdocumentusesthefollowingconventions:
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Caution Meansreaderbecareful.Inthissituation,youmightdosomethingthatcouldresultinequipmentdamage
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Related Documentation
Warning IMPORTANTSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS
Thiswarningsymbolmeansdanger.Youareinasituationthatcouldcausebodilyinjury.Beforeyou
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SAVETHESEINSTRUCTIONS
Related Documentation
TheApplicationCentricInfrastructuredocumentationsetincludesthefollowingdocuments:
Web-Based Documentation
•CiscoAPICManagementInformationModelReference
•CiscoAPICOnlineHelpReference
•CiscoACIMIBSupportList
Downloadable Documentation
•CiscoApplicationCentricInfrastructureReleaseNotes
•CiscoApplicationCentricInfrastructureFundamentalsGuide
•CiscoAPICGettingStartedGuide
•CiscoAPICRESTAPIUserGuide
•CiscoAPICCommandLineInterfaceUserGuide
•CiscoAPICFaults,Events,andSystemMessageGuide
•CiscoAPICLayer4toLayer7DevicePackageDevelopmentGuide
•CiscoAPICLayer4toLayer7ServicesDeploymentGuide
•CiscoACIFirmwareManagementGuide
•CiscoACITroubleshootingGuide
•CiscoACINX-OSSyslogReferenceGuide
•CiscoACISwitchCommandReference,NX-OSRelease11.0
•CiscoACIMIBQuickReference
•CiscoNexusCLItoCiscoAPICMappingGuide
•InstallingtheCiscoApplicationVirtualSwitchwiththeCiscoAPIC
•ConfiguringtheCiscoApplicationVirtualSwitchusingtheCiscoAPIC
•ApplicationCentricInfrastructureFabricHardwareInstallationGuide
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