Policies

Viewing and Editing Policies

Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller provides the ability to group a set of switches, and allows you to push a set of underlay configurations to the group.

Choose LAN > Policies to display the list of policies.

The following table describes the fields that appear on LAN > Policies.

Field

Description

Policy ID

Specifies the policy ID.

Switch

Specifies the switch name.

IP Address

Specifies the IP address of the switch.

Template

Specifies the name of the template.

Description

Specifies the description.

Note 

From Cisco NDFC Release 12.1.1e, change of serial number for the switch is allowed, both old and new serial numbers can be viewed in this column.

Entity Name

Specifies the entity name.

Entity Type

Specifies the entity type.

Source

Specifies the source.

Priority

Specifies the priority.

Content Type

Species for the content type.

Fabric Name

Specifies the fabric name.

Serial Number

Specifies the serial number of the switch.

Editable

Specifies a Boolean value to indicate if the policy is editable.

Mark Deleted

Specifies a Boolean value to indicate if the policy is marked to be deleted.

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on LAN > Policies.

Action Item

Description

Add Policy

To add a policy, see Add Policy

Edit Policy

Choose a policy from the table and choose Edit Policy to modify the policy.

Note 

  • The policies in the italics font cannot be edited. The value under the Editable and Mark Deleted columns for these policies is false.

  • A warning appears when you edit a policy whose Mark Deleted value is set to true. The switch freeform child policies of Mark Deleted policies appears in the Policies dialog box. You can edit only Python switch_freeform policies. You cannot edit Template_CLI switch_freeform_config policies.

Delete Policy

Choose policies from the table and choose Delete Policy to delete the policies.

Note 

A warning appears when you delete policies whose Mark Deleted values are set to true.

Generated Config

Choose policies from the table and choose Generated Config to view the delta of configuration changes made by every user.

Push Config

Choose policies from the table and choose Push Config to push the policy configuration to the device.

Note 

  • This option will be grayed out if the fabric is in freeze mode, that is, if you have disabled deployments on the fabric.

  • A warning appears if you push configuration for a Python policy.

  • A warning appears when you push configurations for policies whose Mark Deleted values are set to true.

Adding a Policy

To add a policy, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Actions > Add Policy.

The Create Policy window appears.

Step 2

Click and choose required switch and click Select.

Step 3

Click Choose Template and choose appropriate policy template and click Select.

Step 4

Enter the mandatory parameters in the text field and click Save.