Nutanix VMM Domain

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The integration of Nutanix AHV with Cisco ACI was introduced with Cisco APIC Release 6.0(3).

Please note the following constraints:

Multiple Controllers (vmmCtrIP) are not allowed under Nutanix Domain (vmmDomP)
Only one Cluster Controller can be associated with a Controller
Custom vSwitch Name does not allow updates, changes or deletion once the VMM domain is created

Diagram

Classes

fabric_policies (apic)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
nutanix_vmm_domains	List	`[nutanix_vmm_domains]`	No

nutanix_vmm_domains (apic.fabric_policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
access_mode	Choice	`read-only`, `read-write`	No	`read-write`
vlan_pool	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	No
allocation	Choice	`dynamic`, `static`	No	`dynamic`
custom_vswitch_name	String	min: `0`, max: `512`	No
controller_profile	Class	`[controller_profile]`	No
security_domains	List	String[Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`]	No
credential_policies	List	`[credential_policies]`	No

controller_profile (apic.fabric_policies.nutanix_vmm_domains)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
hostname_ip	Any	String[Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9:][a-zA-Z0-9.:-]{0,254}$`] or IP	Yes
datacenter	String	min: `1`, max: `512`	Yes
aos_version	Choice	`unknown`, `6.5`, `6.6`	No	`unknown`
credentials	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
statistics	Boolean	`true`, `false`	No	`false`
cluster_controller	Class	`[cluster_controller]`	No

credential_policies (apic.fabric_policies.nutanix_vmm_domains)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory
name	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
username	String	Regex: `[a-zA-Z0-9\\!#$%()*,-./:;@ _{\|}~?&+]{1,128}$`	Yes
password	String		Yes

cluster_controller (apic.fabric_policies.nutanix_vmm_domains.controller_profile)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
hostname_ip	Any	String[Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9:][a-zA-Z0-9.:-]{0,254}$`] or IP	Yes
cluster_name	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
credentials	String	Regex: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$`	Yes
port	Integer	min: `0`, max: `65535`	No	0

Examples

Example-1: The following example defines two Nutanix VMM Domains, ntnx_1 with default values and ntnx_2 with custom values. It also associates both VMM domains with an AAEP and an EPG. Keep in mind that it is not recommended to store credentials in plain text within configuration files; consider using environment variables or Vault tools for enhanced security.

apic:
  fabric_policies:
    nutanix_vmm_domains:
      - name: ntnx_1
      - name: ntnx_2
        vlan_pool: VPOOL2
        access_mode: read-only
        custom_vswitch_name: open_vswitch
        security_domains:
          - ntnx_2_SD1
          - ntnx_2_SD2
          - ntnx_2_SD3
        credential_policies:
          - name: credentials_central
            username: admin
            password: C1sco123
          - name: credentials_element
            username: root
            password: 1234QWer!
        controller_profile:
          name: ntnx_prism_central
          hostname_ip: 10.10.10.10
          datacenter: DC1
          aos_version: 6.5
          credentials: credentials_central
          statistics: true
        cluster_controller:
          name: ntnx_prism_element
          hostname_ip: 192.168.1.1
          cluster_name: cluster_1
          credentials: credentials_element
          port: 9441