Pod Setup

Location in GUI: Fabric » Inventory » Pod Fabric Setup Policy

Diagram

Diagram

Classes

apic

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
pod_policies	Class	pod_policies	No

pod_policies (apic)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
pods	List	pods	No

pods (apic.pod_policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
id	Integer	min: 1, max: 255	Yes
tep_pool	IP		No
data_plane_tep	IP		No
unicast_tep	IP		No
policy	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	No
external_tep_pools	List	external_tep_pools	No
remote_pools	List	remote_pools	No
resiliency_groups	List	resiliency_groups	No

pods (apic.pod_policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
id	Integer	min: 1, max: 255	Yes
tep_pool	IP		No
data_plane_tep	IP		No
unicast_tep	IP		No
policy	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	No
external_tep_pools	List	external_tep_pools	No
remote_pools	List	remote_pools	No

external_tep_pools (apic.pod_policies.pods)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
prefix	IP		Yes
reserved_address_count	Integer	min: 1, max: 4294967295	Yes

remote_pools (apic.pod_policies.pods)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
id	Integer	min: 1, max: 255	Yes
remote_pool	IP		Yes

resiliency_groups (apic.pod_policies.pods)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
description	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\\!#$%()*,-./:;@ _{|}~?&+]{1,128}$	No
remote_pool_ids	List	Integer[min: 1, max: 255]	No

Examples

apic:
  pod_policies:
    pods:
      - id: 1
      - id: 2
        tep_pool: 10.1.0.0/16
        external_tep_pools:
          - prefix: 172.16.1.0/24
            reserved_address_count: 2
        remote_pools:
          - id: 1
            remote_pool: 10.2.0.0/24

Auto-generated Pod Profiles Full Example:

apic:
  auto_generate_switch_pod_profiles: true
  fabric_policies:
    pod_profile_name: POD\g<id>
    pod_profile_pod_selector_name: POD\g<id>
    pod_policy_groups:
      - name: Policy1
  pod_policies:
    pods:
      - id: 1
        policy: Policy1

Example: This example shows the Autonomous RL Group feature configuration. This was introduced in 6.1(3) ACI release. The first section contains all the configurable attributes for this feature, while the second section contains an example of the minimal required configuration.

apic:
  pod_policies:
    pods:
      - id: 3
        tep_pool: 10.3.0.0/16
        data_plane_tep: 192.168.3.1
        unicast_tep: 172.16.13.3
        policy: POD3
        resiliency_groups:
          # Resiliency Group 1 with all the configurable atrributes
          - name: 1
            description: Resiliency Group 1
            remote_pool_ids:
              - 1
              - 2
              - 3
          # Resiliency Group 2 with minimal required configuration
          - name: 2

Examples

apic:
  pod_policies:
    pods:
      - id: 1
      - id: 2
        tep_pool: 10.1.0.0/16
        external_tep_pools:
          - prefix: 172.16.1.0/24
            reserved_address_count: 2
        remote_pools:
          - id: 1
            remote_pool: 10.2.0.0/24

Auto-generated Pod Profiles Full Example:

apic:
  auto_generate_switch_pod_profiles: true
  fabric_policies:
    pod_profile_name: POD\g<id>
    pod_profile_pod_selector_name: POD\g<id>
    pod_policy_groups:
      - name: Policy1
  pod_policies:
    pods:
      - id: 1
        policy: Policy1