Prerequisites

Ensure that:

• You have conceptual knowledge of Cisco ACI components and NetScalers.

  • For more information about Cisco ACI and its components, see the product documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

  • For more information about the NetScalers, see the NetScaler product documentation at: http://docs.citrix.com/.  

• All the required components of Cisco ACI, including a Cisco APIC in the datacenter, are set up and configured. For more information about Cisco ACI and its components, see the product documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

• You have installed NetScaler 11.1 or later.

• You have configured NetScalers in Cisco ACI so that they can be managed by using the Cisco APIC.

• You have deployed NetScaler Application Delivery Management (ADM) in your environment. For more information, see NetScaler ADM 13.1.

• Management connectivity from APIC to NetScaler® ADM and ADC are established.

• Make a note of:

  • The connection interfaces and IP addresses that are used for management and data-path connectivity.
  • Leaf-switch details: NetScaler IP addresses, ports, interfaces, and so on.

  Note

  In this release, the hybrid mode solution supports NetScaler in a single-context, that is, admin partitions are not supported.