Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.1(x)

PDF

About this document

Overview

Catalyst Center 3.1.x introduces a new architecture requiring a platform upgrade workflow for migration from 2.3.7.x, with no rollback to earlier releases supported after upgrading. Release 3.1.x emphasizes updated installation warnings, site preparation, and appliance configuration procedures compared to earlier releases.

What's changed in this guide

This table describes the new and changed information in this guide compared to earlier releases.

Table 1. New and changed information
Feature Description

First exciting feature

First description

Second exciting feature

Second description

Tenaya is testing code block Show more/Show less on 2026-02-13. Here is a short code block.

This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This lovely codeblock has 4 lines of code total

Tenaya is testing code block Show more/Show less on 2026-02-13. Here is a long code block.

This lovely codeblock contains more than 10 lines
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less
This is a lovely codeblock so I can test Show more/Show less

Trademarks

Initial Setup

NetFlow serves as a network monitoring protocol that facilitates the logging of metadata for each flow that traverses the router, both entering or leaving it.

APIC GUI Overview

This protocol provides comprehensive insights into network flows, including details such as source and destination IP addresses, ports, and packet counts. It's commonly applied for traffic analysis, capacity planning, and network troubleshooting chapter new and changed wrapper.

Fabric Initialization and Switch Discovery

NetFlow creates flow records by monitoring network traffic passing through the router. As a packet stream traverses a router interface, the packets are collected and an internal header is appended.

Cisco APIC Cluster Management

Below the Navigation pane, the Last Login is displayed, showing the date and time of the last instance of the current user's login.

Configuring the Cisco APIC Using the CLI

The APIC GUI is a browser-based graphical interface for configuring and monitoring the ACI fabric.

Configuring the Cisco APIC Using the REST API

In an ACI cluster with three (the recommeneded number of controllers) APICs, naming each controller helps you to quickly identify the APIC you are logged in to.