Demos: Cisco ACI and Splunk, Perfect App for Data Center Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis

We have created the perfect tool for your growing data center and apps! Cisco ACI for Splunk Enterprise.

Benefits:

Centralized monitoring

Root cause analysis

Compliance/audit and risk analysis

Distributed cross-tier visibility

How does is work?

The Add-on is the back-end of the app.

Scripts are run at regular intervals to fetch and index data into Splunk

REST api request are sent to the APIC securely (via SSL)

APIC responds with the data in JSON format and Splunk indexes the incoming data with correct metadata

The App references the indexer and populates the dashboards

Multi-pod for distributed fabric visibility

Micro segmentation for risk analysis

Enhanced user interface (system faults view, home dashboard)

Cisco ACI App Center Integration

If you want to read on more about the capabilities and details, please visit Ravi Balakrishnan’s blog here.

For the ones who cant wait to get started, watch these demo videos.

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Introduction: Data Center Visibility, Compliance and Risk Analysis with Cisco ACI and Splunk (1:55)

With this solution, you can get an complete view of your physical and virtual infrastructure and identify root cause of your data center problems in minutes.

Demo: Cisco ACI and Splunk – Installation and Configuration (3:24)

This demo will walk through how to install and configure Cisco ACI solution for Splunk enterprise which consists of 2 applications: the Cisco ACI app and the Cisco ACI add-on.

Demo: Cisco ACI and Splunk – User Interface (2:26)

Demo: Cisco ACI and Splunk – Create Users and Roles (2:46)

How to create multiple users with different capabilities and roles in the app catering to your use case.

Demo: Cisco ACI and Splunk – Root Cause Analysis (2:11)

Demo: Cisco ACI and Splunk – Audit Compliancy and Risk Analysis (2:03)