ACI - Application Centric Infrastructure
Overview
Cisco ACI provides the data-center fabric and policy control that connects UC applications, infrastructure services, management networks, and edge paths.
Monitoring
Method
Custom Prometheus exporter using the APIC API. The audit maps ACI to infra-prometheus.
Metrics Collected
- APIC and fabric-node health
- Fabric faults and health scores
- Interfaces, port channels, and endpoint state
- Exporter and scrape health
Grafana Dashboards
- WxCDI ACI Detail — expected by the audit; the dashboard link is not yet recorded.
Logging
Log Source
ACI syslog and SNMP traps are sent to the regional ingress services and enriched from inventory metadata.
Splunk Index
network_syslog for syslog and snmp_traps for traps.
Key Log Queries
index=network_syslog device_type="aci" device_name="<device_name>"
Alerting
Grafana Alert Rules
| Alert Name | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ACI device health | Varies | Device/fabric conditions; verify the current managed rule repository. |
| Scrape-down coverage | Gap | The audit currently records this control as disabled. |
Splunk Alerts
| Alert Name | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ACI syslog patterns | Varies | Device event rules should query network_syslog; current rule names are not recorded in the audit. |
Notification Flow
ACI → Grafana/Splunk → EMS (KeepHQ) → [notification channels]
Inventory
- Repository: aci-inventory
- Update Method: Manual target maintenance, followed by metadata regeneration.
- Update Cadence: When ACI inventory changes.