LAB Configure Policies with Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

LAB Configure Policies with Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

Task 

• Define Site and Import Tenant
• Provision Tenant Using a Schema
• Configure Fabric Connectivity Infra

Solution 

Login to Nexus Dashboard. You will configure a site through the navigation pane.

Go to Admin Console.

Go to Infrastructure >Cluster Configuration. In the Routes area, click Edit (the pencil symbol), choose Add Management Network Routes, enter 192.168.11.0/24, confirm it, and click Save.

Select Add Management Network Routes:

Configure a route for 192.168.11.0/24 as shown below. This route will point via the default gateway 192.168.10.254, which has been set during deployment. Click on the green check mark to confirm the route and save it:

The route should appear in the cluster configuration settings:

You could open PuTTY to connect to the Nexus Dashboard CLI and verify the routing table using the ip route command. The route for 192.168.11.0/24 should point via 192.168.10.254

Go to Sites, click Add Site and configure a site with the following settings. Drop pin for your location and click Save.

• Site Type: ACI

• Site Name: HQ

• Host Name / IP Address: 192.168.11.1

• Username: admin

• Password: XXXXX

Wait several seconds and verify that the site connectivity status turns to Up.

Go to Services and open the Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator.

In the Orchestrator, go to Infrastructure > Sites. Set the state of the HQ site to Managed. Configure the Site ID 1 and click Add.

Set the Site ID to 1 and click Add:

After about a minute, the site state should appear as Managed. The Orchestrator allows you to configure new tenant definitions or import a tenant from an existing site. You will use both options, starting with the import.