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This preface contains the following sections:
Cisco Extensible Network Controller (XNC) is a software platform that serves as an interface between the network elements (southbound) and third-party applications (northbound). Cisco XNC, which is a JVM-based application that runs on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), is based on a highly available, scalable, and extensible architecture. Cisco XNC is built for extensibility using the Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi) framework.
Cisco XNC can support multiple protocol plugins in the southbound direction. In Release 1.6, Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow 1.0 and the Cisco One Platform Kit (onePK) are supported.
Cisco XNC provides the following:
The Cisco XNC GUI contains the following areas and panes:
Note | Depending on the Cisco XNC applications that you have installed, the items on the menu bar might vary. |
The menu bar contains the following items:
Note | You must have an administrative role to add, modify, or review the slices list. |
Note | The Admin drop-down list—Displays the username that you used when you logged into Cisco XNC. |
The left side of the Topology pane contains a group of tools that allow you to manipulate the content of the topology pane. Hovering over a tool displays its function. From the top of the pane to the bottom, the tools are as follows:
Note | You can also increase the size of the topology diagram by scrolling up with your mouse wheel. |
Note | You can also decrease the size of the topology diagram by scrolling down with your mouse wheel. |
You can resize the panes in the GUI display by clicking the pane resize grippers as follows:
The topology diagram displays a graphical view of your network. After a device or link has been recognized by Cisco Extensible Network Controller (XNC), it is visible in the topology diagram. On all tabs in Cisco XNC, you can perform the following tasks:
Certain tabs also allow advanced tasks.
You should periodically save the configuration changes that you make in Cisco XNC.
Note | Any unsaved configuration changes will be lost if you stop the Cisco XNC application. |
On the Cisco XNC menu bar, click the Save button.