Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.2(x)

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Deployment warning and policy usage information

Updated: January 12, 2026

Overview

This topic explains how to configure Deployment Warning Settings to identify resources and policies affected by configuration changes. It covers setting global or local notification preferences and viewing historical event logs to ensure operational awareness during policy modifications or deletions.

Deployment Warning Settings enables you to automatically display policy usage information whenever you modify or delete policies that might affect other resources or policies. The policy usage information allows you to identify the resources and policies that are being used by the policy that you are currently modifying or deleting. Tables display the nodes where the given policy is used and other policies that use this policy. By default, usage information is displayed within a dialog box whenever you attempt to modify a policy. You can click the Show Usage button at the bottom of the screen to view the same information.

The Deployment Warning Settings dialog box allows you to enable and alter the scope of deployment notification that displays policy usage information. You can access this dialog box by selecting Change Deployment Settings in the menu bar tool User Settings and Preferences drop-down list or through a button on the Policy Usage Information dialog box.

When the Policy tab is selected in the upper right corner of the Deployment Warning Settings dialog box, you can configure the following policy options:

  • (Global) Show Deployment Warning on Delete/Modify—Enable the Deployment Warning notification for every policy deletion or modification across the APIC.

  • (Local) Show Deployment Warning on Delete/Modify: Set the rule for the Deployment Warning notification for specific policy configuration.

    • Use Global Settings: Use the setting selected for (Global) Show Deployment Warning on Delete/Modify.

    • Yes: Display the Deployment Warning notification before submitting configuration modifications on any policy change. Valid for this browser session only.

    • No: Do not display the Deployment Warning notification before submitting configuration modifications on any policy change. Valid for this browser session only.

When the History tab is selected in the upper right corner of the Deployment Warning Settings dialog box, you can view tables of Events and Audit Log entries for previous deployment warnings.