Cisco Cloud Network Controller for Google Cloud User Guide, Release 26.0(x)
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Cisco Cloud Network Controller is a software deployed on a cloud-based virtual machine (VM). Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure,
and Google Cloud are the cloud providers supported with the Cisco Cloud Network Controller.
When deployed, the Cisco Cloud Network Controller:
Provides an interface that is similar to Cisco APIC (applicable for existing ACI customers only) to interact with the Google Cloud public cloud.
Automates the deployment and configuration of cloud connectivity.
Configures the cloud router control plane.
Configures the data path between on-premises Cisco ACI or NX-OS fabrics and the cloud site
Translates CCNC policies to cloud native constructs.
When the Cisco Cloud Network Controller is up and running, you can begin adding and configuring Cisco Cloud Network Controller
components. This document describes the Cisco Cloud Network Controller policy model and explains how to manage (add, configure,
view, and delete) the Cisco Cloud Network Controller components using the GUI and the REST API.
Guidelines and Limitations
This section contains the guidelines and limitations for Cisco Cloud Network Controller.
Before configuring an object for a tenant, first check for any stale cloud resource objects. A stale configuration might be
present if it was not cleaned properly from the previous Cisco Cloud Network Controller virtual machines that managed the
account. Cisco Cloud Network Controller can display stale cloud objects, but it cannot remove them. You must log in to the
cloud account and remove them manually.
To check for stale cloud resources:
From the Cisco Cloud Network Controller GUI, click the Navigation menu > Application Management > Tenants. The Tenants summary table appears in the work pane with a list of tenants as rows in a summary table.
Double click the tenant you are creating objects for. The Overview, Topology, Cloud Resources, Application Management, and
Event Analytics tabs appear.
Click the Cloud Resources > Actions > View Stale Cloud Objects. The Stale Cloud Objects dialog box appears.
About the Cisco Cloud Network Controller GUI
The Cisco Cloud Network Controller GUI is categorized into groups of related windows. Each window enables you to access and
manage a particular component. You move between the windows using the Navigation menu that is located on the left side of the GUI. When you hover your mouse over any part of the menu, the following list
of tab names appear: Dashboard, Application Management, Cloud Resources, Operations, Infrastructure, and Administrative.
Each tab contains a different list of subtabs, and each subtab provides access to a different component-specific window. For
example, to view the EPG-specific window, hover your mouse over the Navigation menu and click Application Management > EPGs. From there, you can use the Navigation menu to view the details of another component. For example, you can navigate to the Active Sessions window from EPGs by clicking Operations > Active Sessions.
The Intent menu bar icon enables you to create a component from anywhere in the GUI. For example, to create a tenant while viewing the
EPGs window, click the Intent icon. A dialog appears with a search box and a drop-down list. When you click the drop-down list and choose Application Management, a list of options, including the Tenant option, appears. When you click the Tenant option, the Create Tenant dialog appears displaying a group of fields that are required for creating the tenant.
Beginning with 26.0(2), Cisco Cloud Network Controller will now provide you with a real time view of their inventory and resources
in a topology view. This helps navigate through deployments and establish a clear view of the environment. The deployed resources
will be displayed in a hierarchial manner. They can be organized based on accounts, regions or VPCs/VNets.
Topology also offers search so that you can easily navigate resources by name, DN, cloud provider ID, IP address etc.
Navigation in Topology
Click Topology from the left navigation pane to view the Topology Main Page.
Topology Main Page is where the topology is displayed. There's a drop down box with a list of the accounts deployed or managed
by Cisco Cloud Network Controller. One is selected by default. The view displays all the regions in which the account selected
is deployed.
The Cloud Provider for the topology is mentioned at the top left next to the Inventory header. The 'Cloud Provider ID' provides
a drop down with the list of the accounts deployed or managed by Cisco Cloud Network Controller. One is selected by default.
If you hover over any node, you see a box which displays details regarding the node. You can also drill down on the node to
view the associated resources (VPCs/VNets). If there are more than eight assoicated nodes with any node, the 'More' node is
created. You can click on that to view the rest of the nodes. The NIC nodes are viewed as a hover up on the VM nodes.
If you right click on the node and select Region Details, a slider on the right side opens with more details about the selected
resource.
You can further drill down on the VPCs/VNets to view more resources in the hierarchy. Some of the resources available are
:
Subnets
Route Tables
Security Groups
Network Interfaces
Virtual Machines
Account
Region
VPC
Route Table Entry
Load Balancers
Cloud Router
Note
The resources available are inclusive but not limited to the ones mentioned above.
The search bar allows you search for any resource in the topology. It is based on some of the attributes of objects. You can
select any object and the bottom-up topology for that will be shown.