APIC - VMM Domain Operations

This chapter contains the following sections:

Create vCenter Domain in APIC

Summary
Create vCenter domain in APIC.
Description
This task creates a vCenter domain in the virtual machine manager (VMM) on the APIC controller.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Account Name Apic​Device​Identity Y
Domain Name Domain Name gen_​text_​input Y
Vendor Choose a vendor.​ the vendors are VMware and Microsoft.​ The default is 'VMware'.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Virtual Switch Virtual Switch gen_​text_​input Y
Switching Preference Switching Preference gen_​text_​input
Encap Encapsulation gen_​text_​input
Multicast Address Multicast Address gen_​text_​input
Multicast Address Pool Multicast Address Pool Apic​Vlan​Pool​Identity
Associated Attachable Entity Profile Associated Attachable Entity Profile Apic​Associated​Attachable​Entity​Profile​Identity
VLAN Pool VLAN Pool Apic​Vlan​Pool​Identity
Add v​Center Credentials v​Center Credentials gen_​text_​input
Controller Type Controller Type gen_​text_​input
SCVMM Controller SCVMM Controller
Outputs
Output Description Type
APIC_​ACCOUNT APIC Account on which the selected operation was performed Apic​Device​Identity
VMM_​DOMAIN VMM Domain gen_​text_​input
VMM_​DOMAIN_​IDENTITY VMM Domain Identity Apic​Vmm​Domain​Identity
VMM_​DOMAIN_​PROFILE_​IDENTITY VMM Domain Profile Identity Apic​Domain​Profile​Identity
VMNETWORKING_​VMM_​DOMAIN_​PROFILE_​IDENTITY APIC Device VM Networking VMM Domain Profile Identity Apic​VMNetworking​Domain​Profile​Identity
VIRTUAL_​SWITCH_​MODE Virtual Switch Mode gen_​text_​input
ENTITY_​PROFILE Associated Attachable Entity Profile gen_​text_​input
VLAN_​POOL VLAN Pool gen_​text_​input
VLAN_​POOL_​IDENTITY VLAN Pool Identity Apic​Vlan​Pool​Identity
ENTITY_​PROFILE_​IDENTITY Associated Attachable Entity Profile Identity Apic​Associated​Attachable​Entity​Profile​Identity
VMWARE_​DV_​SWITCH_​IDENTITY VMware DV Switch Identity VMware​DVSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VDS_​UPLINK_​PORTGROUP_​NAME VMware DVSwitch Uplink Port Group uplink​Port​Group​Lov​List

Delete vCenter Domain in APIC

Summary
Delete vCenter domain in APIC.
Description
This task deletes a vCenter domain from a virtual machine manager (VMM) domain on the APIC controller.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Domain Name Select a domain name to delete.​ Apic​Vmm​Domain​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
APIC_​ACCOUNT APIC Account on which the selected operation was performed Apic​Device​Identity
VMM_​DOMAIN VMM Domain gen_​text_​input
VMM_​DOMAIN_​IDENTITY VMM Domain Identity Apic​Vmm​Domain​Identity

Update vCenter Domain in APIC

Summary
Update vCenter domain in APIC.
Description
This task updates a vCenter domain in a virtual machine manager (VMM) domain on the APIC controller.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Domain Name Select a Domain name to modify.​ Apic​Vmm​Domain​Identity Y
Vendor Choose a vendor.​ The vendors are VMware and Microsoft.​ The default is 'VMware'.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Virtual Switch Choose a Virtual Switch.​ The Virtual Switches are VMware Vsphere Distributed Switch and Cisco AVS.​ The default is 'VMware Vsphere Distributed Switch'.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Switching Preference Choose Switching Preference.​ Choices are No Local Switching or Local Switching.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Encapsulation Choose Encapsulation.​ Choices are VLAN or VXLAN.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Associated Attachable Entity Profile Select Associated Attachable Entity profile.​ Apic​Associated​Attachable​Entity​Profile​Identity
VLAN Pool Select VLAN Pool.​ Apic​Vlan​Pool​Identity
Multicast Address Enter the multicast address.​ The range of multicast addresses is 224.​0.​0.​0 to 239.​255.​255.​255.​ gen_​text_​input
Multicast Address Pool Select Multicast Address Pool.​ Apic​Vlan​Pool​Identity
Add v​Center Credentials Check this option to set v​Center Credentials.​ By default, this field is unchecked.​ gen_​text_​input
v​Center Credentials Provide one or more Credential.​
v​Center Provide one or more v​Center.​
SCVMM Controller Provide one or more SCVMM Controller.​
Outputs
Output Description Type
APIC_​ACCOUNT APIC Account on which the selected operation was performed Apic​Device​Identity
VMM_​DOMAIN VMM Domain gen_​text_​input
VMM_​DOMAIN_​IDENTITY VMM Domain Identity Apic​Vmm​Domain​Identity
VMM_​DOMAIN_​PROFILE_​IDENTITY VMM Domain Profile Identity Apic​Domain​Profile​Identity
VIRTUAL_​SWITCH_​MODE Virtual Switch Mode gen_​text_​input
ENTITY_​PROFILE Associated Attachable Entity Profile gen_​text_​input
VLAN_​POOL VLAN Pool gen_​text_​input
VLAN_​POOL_​IDENTITY VLAN Pool Identity Apic​Vlan​Pool​Identity
ENTITY_​PROFILE_​IDENTITY Associated Attachable Entity Profile Identity Apic​Associated​Attachable​Entity​Profile​Identity