NCM for ACI Devices using Perl scripting

Products

• Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible to use other communication modes to get running and startup configuration from a device (NCM) using Perl Scripts?

For instance getting the configurations from Cisco ACI devices through the Cisco APIC which supports API calls.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/24-3/managing-network/network-configuration-manager/introduction.html

Environment

All supported Spectrum releases

Resolution

Engineering confirmed that Perl scripts only support the communication modes mentioned in the documentation.

However if any other communication mode needs to be used, like for instance Rest API Services, it would needs to build the required Perl modules like CGI, for RESTAPI.

If the new Perl Script works, then those custom Perl scripts can be used in Spectrum.